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Indians treated 'like pigs' in US
The workers, hired from India in 2006 to tide over a labour shortage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that killed over 1,800 on the Gulf coast in August 2005, said they were made to live "like pigs... ...
Half of New Orleans's Poor Permanently Displaced: Failure or Success?
Bill Quigley writes for Truthout: "Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina have not returned. Because of critical... ...
Another FEMA Scandal Brewing in Washington
by NWV News Several news organizations, including the Cable News Network (CNN), have uncovered irrefutable evidence that mobile-home trailers used to temporarily house thousands of victims of New Orleans'... ...
FEMA Accused of Twisting Science in Report on Trailer Danger
According to CNN, "Representative Nick Lampson (D-Texas) said Tuesday that Federal Emergency Management Agency tried to control the outcome of a scientific study on formaldehyde in trailers used to house... ...
UN Official: US Neglects Katrina Victims
The Associated Press reports: "A United Nations official who has toured parts of Louisiana and Mississippi devastated by Hurricane Katrina says the thousands of victims of the storm resemble poor people... ...
Human Rights Groups Call Destruction of Low Income Housing Projects in New Orleans Act of Racial Cleansing
http://www.commondreams.or g/news2007/1213-12.htm De molition of New Orleans Public Housing Starts http://www.commondr eams.org/archive/2007/12/1 3/5819/ -------- Housing demolition protests gear up Associated... ...
Study finds White House manipulation on climate change
Christian Science Monitor 12/12/07 At least since 2003, and especially after hurricane Katrina hit, the White House has broadly attempted to control which climate scientists could speak with reporters,... ...
Many Children Struggling After 2005 Storms
Leslie Eaton, The New York Times, "At least 46,600 children along the Gulf Coast are still struggling with mental health problems and other serious aftereffects of 2005 hurricanes, according to a new study... ...
Bush Vetoes Water Bill, Citing Cost of $23 Billion
David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times, writes: "President Bush on Friday vetoed a bill authorizing $23 billion in water resource projects, calling it overly expensive, and Congressional Democrats responded... ...
James Rucker on the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement
The recent outpouring of support for the Jena Six has been called the beginning of the modern day civil rights movement. We spoke with James Rucker, co-founder of ColorofChange.org, about the events in... ...