Pat Robertson’s Katrina Cash Pat Robertson’s Katrina Cash
Pat Robertson's shadowy relief organization, Operation Blessing, is prominently featured on FEMA's list of charities to receive donations for hurricane relief.
Sep 7, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Bush’s Witt-less FEMA Bush’s Witt-less FEMA
In a perfect world--or, at least one not so imperfect--people who make the right call about important stuff would be rewarded and those who are wrong...
Sep 7, 2005 / David Corn
Have You No Shame? Have You No Shame?
As Republicans desperately cry out of one corner of their mouths to stop the blame game, they have been blaming everyone but themselves since this catastrophe. Let's look at their...
Sep 7, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Power of Outrage The Power of Outrage
A nation's conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a histor...
Sep 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Kanye West, Unplugged Kanye West, Unplugged
NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.
Sep 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adam Howard
Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch
Beyond the human suffering, Katrina's sucker punch will be felt in America's increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.
Sep 6, 2005 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Barbara Bush: It’s Good Enough for the Poor Barbara Bush: It’s Good Enough for the Poor
Finally, we have discovered the roots of George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism." On the heels of the president's "What, me worry?" response to the death, destruction and d...
Sep 6, 2005 / John Nichols
The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed
The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.
Sep 6, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
In Rehnquist’s Footsteps In Rehnquist’s Footsteps
The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.
Sep 6, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
The Poverty of Our Nation…and the Poverty of Our Politics The Poverty of Our Nation…and the Poverty of Our Politics
Mark Naison on Race, Class and the Disaster As Joan Walsh wrote in Salon last week, "The horror in New Orleans exposed the nation's dirty secrets of race and poverty." But as...
Sep 5, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel