gulf coast

I have come to believe it is through a near deliberate attempt that our government has contemptuously sought to cover and grandstand on behalf of the privately-owned corporation BP. [...Read more]

“Homeless” equals “hungry,” so people think.  So that is the way society addresses homelessness; the Homeless are fed in soup kitchens, but have no place to store their food.  Homeless people are often also assumed to be unemployed and on the streets.  But there are new, unexpected faces of homelessness on our blocks. [...Read more]

In November we reported on a new program to help low-income Mississippi residents rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.  The program was the result of a settlement reached between a number of local housing advocates and their public-interest lawyers, the U.S. [...Read more]

I was listening to kpft in Houston and heard this great talk on TUC Radio with Julia Whitty.  I've been particularly concerned with the discussion on what the short and long term environmental impacts of the bp drilling disaster are going to look like.  Much of the media has been reporting that most of the oil is gone. [...Read more]

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Today President Obama ate a heaping plate of Gulf shrimp at the White House, in an effort to assure America that the Gulf Coast is open for business.
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