Trump’s Cruel Indifference to Puerto Rico

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 28, 2017 The president’s slow response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis reflects the whims of American capitalism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Capitalism: The Nightmare

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Racial Optics for Harvey Different From Katrina’s

By Errin Haines Whack / AP Sep 5, 2017 Because there was no mandatory evacuation, people of all races and classes remained in Harvey's path, not just folks who couldn’t afford to leave. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Female Equality Is Key to a Sustainable Future

H. Patricia Hynes / Truthdig Aug 29, 2017 Missing from many conversations about the impact of global warming is an understanding of how women in particular are affected. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Hurricane-Flooded Houston Evokes Painful Memories of Katrina

By Julie Watson / AP Aug 27, 2017 Emergency rescue resources and shelters in Houston are overloaded as officials push to minimize the fallout from the monster storm. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Disabled Are Probably the Most Vulnerable to Climate Change Effects

By Robin Scher / AlterNet Apr 16, 2017 As an example: People with disabilities suffered a disproportionate number of fatalities during Hurricane Katrina, according to the National Council on Disability. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: Expect ‘First Shocks of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 The writer uses the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe to suggest the upcoming economic, security and weather calamities that Donald Trump and Mike Pence could both cause and exploit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Beyoncé’s Super Bowl Touchdown for Black Lives Matter

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 11, 2016 Super Bowl 50 was perhaps the most political in pro football's history. Not for the game itself, but for the remarkable halftime show with its powerful performance by musical superstar Beyoncé. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hurricane Katrina, the Politics of Disposability and the Racial Insensitivity of Malcolm Gladwell

By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunch Sep 10, 2015 The neoliberal shill Malcolm Gladwell reached a new low in arguing that Hurricane Katrina provided new opportunities for many of the poor blacks involuntarily displaced by the storm. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Resisting Neoliberalism in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2015 Authorities “demolished all of the city’s remaining traditional public housing … converted almost the entire public school system into charters, eliminated the teachers’ collective bargaining agreement” and oversaw “the permanent closure … of the public hospital dedicated to serving the poor,” writes Jay Arena in the magazine Jacobin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Happened After Brad Pitt and a Group of Star Architects Went to Rebuild New Orleans

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 29, 2015 In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, movie star Brad Pitt -- perhaps the city’s most famous resident -- established his Make It Right Foundation to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward, one of New Orleans' poorest and hardest-hit neighborhoods. Attached to the project was a group of star architects including Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne and Shigeru Ban. Ten years after the storm, what have they achieved? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘Gentrification’s Ground Zero’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 28, 2015 In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, many of New Orleans' low-income black residents have been displaced, with gentrification entailing a dramatic transformation of the city's class structure and cultural identity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )