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Make Gulf Coast Recovery a Right and a Reality Campaign
More than four years after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of Gulf Region residents remain physically displaced from their communities and struggle to overcome a multitude of governmental barriers that block their recovery. Yet there are contradictory standards that our government implements for internally displaced people in foreign countries and internally displaced Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. These conflicting standards are the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Robert Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act...
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Troubled Waters: BP Oil Spill Disaster Coverage
As the Gulf Coast endures another disaster KIN would like to offer its help to those on the ground fighting the good fight. Here is our coverage of the oil spill and some actions that you the follower can do to help those affected by this tragedy. More...
27 Days of Action: Remembering Katrina and Rita
Katrina: 5 Years Later without the Right to Recovery
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck America’s Gulf Coast Region causing an estimated one million people to flee their communities – the largest number of internally displaced p
2010 Katrina Commemoration Events
Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with film showings, discussions, commemorations and rallies in New Orleans, the Gulf region and throughout the US.
New Orleans Housing Authority threatens to evict organizer Sharon Jasper for speaking out
In a shocking attack on free speech, the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) is threatening to evict 70 year old long time community organizer Sharon Jasper just for speaking her mind.
August 29th: 5 years since Hurricane Katrina
It's been five years since those iconic images of families stuck on rooftops and snaked around the Superdome flashed across tv screens and embedded themselves in our collective memory. Yet, five years later, many low income residents of color have not returned to their homes and are not being helped by the government.
Halliburton admits bribery, pays record $559 million fine
Halliburton puts one investigation against it to bed by pleading guilty to bribing Nigerian officials to the tune of $180 million in exchange for $6 billion in construction contracts. Halliburton pays a record $559 million fine.
What should the feds do about the BP/Halliburton oil disaster?
The oil gusher is capped, but it is still a disaster. What should the federal government do in response? Here are some suggestions from Public Citizen (citizen.org)...
1. Pass “Your Spill, Your Bill.” Congress should pass H.R. 5214, the Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act.
Ongoing Investigations into Halliburton (as of 2005)
The Halliburton corporation is under federal criminal investigation, in multiple countries, for multiple offenses. What shall we investigate ye for? Let me count thy ways... (courtesy Corpwatch.org)
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