AltWeeklies Wire
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: The New New Orleans
An evacuee who returns to New Orleans discovers how complicated and hazardous it can be to accomplish even a simple mission like feeding a friend's cat. Fourth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
09-26-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Just a Little While to Stay Here
Even in evacuation, New Orleans is a city divided by race. Third in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
09-19-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cajundome
Fundies Gone Wildnew
These fundie Christian Web sites have all the answers regarding the devastation of New Orleans.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
09-15-2005 |
Commentary
God, Liquor, and Katrinanew
Following Hurricane Katrina, government officials and aid workers have concentrated on ensuring physical survival. Now volunteers at evacuation centers are trying to create an environment that replenishes the spirit of the survivors.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Camp Edwards
Waiting for Help in the Shadow of the Superdomenew
On a bridge that stands above floodwater near the Superdome, sick and hungry people waited endlessly for buses to take them from New Orleans.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Burk Foster |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Things Fall Apart
In New Orleans, a convoy of emergency responders find a Motel Six with its side ripped off, a tattered mattress on top of a car, starving dogs and a lone man who doesn't want to leave his home and go out into all that filth.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Residents in New Orleans' Outlying Parishes Feel Alonenew
Residents of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson and other parishes say they were overlooked in the aid effort, and the suffering has left sheriff's deputies heartbroken.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Jeremy Alford |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Press Recognizes Katrina Puts U.S. in Third Worldnew
Hurricane Katrina coverage stood out because it was so honest and clear about government's failure. The question is whether reporters will sustain their outrage and reclaim the aggressive portion of their historical role.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
09-14-2005 |
Media
Memo From Karl Rove: I Quit!new
To G.W. Bush: You ain't got the sense God gave a wart hog, boy.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
09-14-2005 |
Comedy
New Orleans Had Long Begged for Help, Unheedednew
The "war on terror" sucked up so much funding previously allocated to disaster preparedness that the country risked losing New Orleans, says a writer who proposed a book on the topic months before Hurricane Katrina.
Arkansas Times |
Mara Leveritt |
09-13-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: oil, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, evacuation, Louisiana, Port, Asa Hutchinson, body bags, Borders and Transportation Security, breach levees, deaths toll, governor candidate Arkansas, haz-mat suits, Mark Davis, Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, Port Fourchon, the director of emergency management for New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish, Walter Maestri
Dark City, No Hill
The systematic abandonment of American cities led to the disaster in New Orleans.
The Inlander |
Robert Herold |
09-07-2005 |
Commentary
The Disaster That Shouldn't Have Been
Warnings about problems at FEMA were sounded soon after Bush put a political appointee in charge of the agency.
NORTHCOM Responds Too Late to Disaster
The Pentagon's new Northern Command is supposed to be ready to spring into action to perform emergency relief work, but it wasn't until New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin lashed out that it jumped to attention.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
09-06-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush
Activists Want Illinois Governor to Keep Guardnew
When it comes to base closings, Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s the commander in chief of the Illinois National Guard and has to give his OK. But he won’t say anything about the prolonged deployment of the Guard in Iraq.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-02-2005 |
Politics
The Daily Travestynew
A concise, angry critique of the media's inital coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cable TV news
