INTERACTIVE: Hurricane Katrina, five years onFive years ago New Orleans was rocked by Hurricane Katrina. Check out USA Today’s superb multimedia site, outlining what happened in the storm, the immediate after effects and the rebuilding of a destroyed city.
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Rove: The oil spill is Obama’s Katrina
The BP oil spill occurred in federal waters, which means Obama is in charge of the rescue operation. But actions have been far too slow, and it’s staining Obama’s reputation, says Karl Rove.
Lessons Haiti can learn from Katrina’s atrocities
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was an absolute disaster. Let’s not Haiti be the same post earthquake, writes Robert Pierre, from not believing all the rumours of violence to being wary of those who will attempt to profit.
Collaboration: is it the future of investigative journalism?
On Sunday, The New York Times published a gripping 13,000 word investigative article on Hurricane Katrina. With a value of $US400,000 could it have been written without the help of not-for-profits?
In the wake of Katrina
As the flood waters rose in New Orleans, one doctor at the Memorial Medical Center allegedly led a team that euthanised seriously ill patients. Pro Publica and The New York Times funded an investigation into the story — and its far-reaching implications for disaster policy in America.
Graphic ‘novel’ depicts Hurricane Katrina truths
It’s been four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but rising out of the flood waters is a graphic novel about human stories from the hurricane.
Hurricane Gustav: a Crikey wrap
Nearly 2 million Louisiana residents flee as Hurricane Gustav lessens to category 2 — not that Michael Moore cares…
Looking at the subprime crisis with rose-coloured glasses
Many US investors have turned a blind eye to the continuing slump in the housing industry, as policymakers have consistently misread the damage the slump is doing to financial markets, writes Glenn Dyer.
The Shock Doctrine — alive and well in the NT
In her new book The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein suggests that neo-liberalism today necessarily attaches itself to catastrophe. There’s a lesson there for what’s going on in the NT at the moment, writes Jeff Sparrow.
