Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know?
Newly found documents show OSHA detected dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers used to house Katrina evacuees as early as 2005—but FEMA mass distributed them anyway.
9/2/2010
3/27/2008
1/3/2008
11/8/2007
9/3/2007
The Danziger Bridge Killings: How New Orleans Police Gunned Down Civilians Fleeing the Flood
On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we take a look back the Danziger Bridge killings. Seven police officers been indicted for opening fire on two African American families on the Danziger Bridge days after the storm, killing two people and wounding four others. At the time, the official story was that they gunned down snipers. Now the question is why they shot at two families fleeing the flood.
8/14/2007
7/29/2007
Report details US refusals of foreign aid after Katrina
A new report reveals the US government turned down offers of help from across the globe in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, telling one diplomat “human assistance of any kind is not on our priorities list.”