Across the nation’s breadbasket, many farmers are out of time waiting for cooling rains to salvage crops blistered by one of the hottest and driest summers on record. But up in the frigid arctic, another battle with nature is playing out; the race against ice.
By Jesse Muhammad, excerpted from FinalCall.com. Gary Barthelemy says he may never recover from the catastrophic BP oil spill, has zero cash flow and the total demise of a once successful industry is nigh.
An Inspiring Community Leader from Bayou La Batre's Historic African American Community Passes. By Zack Carter. I am sad to report that one of our inspiring community elders, Stella Mae Smith of Snows Quarter, Bayou La Batre, Alabama has died. She suffered a heart attack at her home.
Alabama fisherfolk and community organizers were recently featured on the Apex Express, a radio show by and about Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Hear from Siriporn Hall, Minh Van Le, and Zack Carter about the state of the fishing industry in Coden and Bayou La Batre, "the seafood capital of Alabama."
Criticism of BP "claims czar" Kenneth Feinberg continued this weekend at a town hall meeting in Louisiana, and this time members of Congress were listening.
Mark Stewart is a third generation fisherman from the Mississippi Gulf fishing community of Pass Christian. He's a proud and tough working man of the sea, used to hauling in nets until his arms nearly fall off and fishing all night until his eyelids are crusted shut like a saltine sandwich. That’s the life he knows, the life he wouldn’t have any other way.
And it’s the life he fears he may never lead again.
As oil, sickness and contamination persist, Gulf residents and lawyers file thousands of lawsuits against the oil giant. By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera. "If you got caught humping another woman - [if] you're both naked and caught in the act - you'd want BP to explain to your wife how it didn't happen."
When Tropical Storm Lee pummeled the Gulf coast with wind and rain last week, it left more than local floods and wind damage in its wake. Residents from Florida to Louisiana report the slow-moving gale blew in oily residues, thick tar mats and tar balls, confirming fears that the crude from BP’s historic blowout is far from gone.
By Jesse Muhammad, 
An Inspiring Community Leader from Bayou La Batre's Historic African American Community Passes. By Zack Carter. I am sad to report that one of our inspiring community elders, Stella Mae Smith of Snows Quarter, Bayou La Batre, Alabama has died. She suffered a heart attack at her home.
Daniel Nguyen works with the 
Alabama fisherfolk and community organizers were recently featured on the Apex Express, a radio show by and about Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Hear from Siriporn Hall, Minh Van Le, and Zack Carter about the state of the fishing industry in Coden and Bayou La Batre, "the seafood capital of Alabama."
Criticism of BP "claims czar" Kenneth Feinberg continued this weekend at a town hall meeting in Louisiana, and this time members of Congress were listening.
As oil, sickness and contamination persist, Gulf residents and lawyers file thousands of lawsuits against the oil giant. By Dahr Jamail, 
