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Wendell Pierce from TV's "The Wire" Launches Effort to Help Underserved New Orleans Communities
Wendell Pierce, actor and native New Orleaner, talks about the recovery in New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and his new effort to bring supermarkets to the underserved population of the city in the hopes that rebuilding a community from the bottom-up may protect the unprotected, discriminated-against, and impoverished New Orleaners from disaster in the future.
Investing in American Strength: An Overlooked Lesson of Hurricane Katrina
On the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's destruction of New Orleans and with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaching, Melissa Harris-Perry points out that while America has learned some short-term lessons, the long-term lessons about the vulnerability of American institutions have gone largely unaddressed.
Six Years After Hurricane Katrina, The Battle for New Orleans Continues
September 1, 2011 - 7:38am (Print)
Political power has shifted to whites, but blacks have not given up their struggle for a voice -- and justice.
The Long Wait: Reproductive Health Care in Haiti
Last month, Haiti's donor conference raised money for a nation that has weathered storms time and time again. The pledges added to the previously committed $3 billion in international assistance. While all of this may seem like a large amount of money for a small Caribbean island, little investment in reproductive health has undermined overall goals of poverty alleviation. A new report highlights the gaps in reproductive health in Haiti, where re-occuring crises place women and families at risk.
