Mississippi’s Disaster Recovery Falling Behind

Has Mississippi Fallen Further Behind?
At the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the harmful consequences of Mississippi’s misplaced priorities have become clear, and perhaps irreversible. The State has reduced its allocation for housing programs, lowered its forecasts for key affordable housing programs and abandoned plans for a full housing recovery. Between 2006 and 2008, the State [...]

Pitt’s philanthropy: How a film star is helping to build post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans

By Jane Muder

Philanthropy helps people re-claim their lives — a concept with which Brad Pitt is intimately familiar.

WITNESS – “Hurricane Katrina was big, but God is bigger”

Jon Hurdle has been reporting for Reuters from Philadelphia since 2004. A native of England, he has been a print journalist for 25 years. In the following story he recounts his experiences as a volunteer helping to rebuild after the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina 2-1/2 years ago.
By Jon Hurdle