Cities

New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes

Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Jul 11, 2009 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

Alex Sanchez’s Arrest Alex Sanchez’s Arrest

The indictment of Alex Sanchez, a revered gangbanger-turned-peacemaker, raises doubts about the LAPD and whether it should be released from a federal court order.

Jun 30, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout

Who will be the next to die because our cities spend money on sports stadiums instead of basic infrastructure?

Jun 26, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

New Orleans’s Not-So-Super Bowl New Orleans’s Not-So-Super Bowl

Millions will be spent to bring the biggest event in sports to the Superdome, while the victims of Hurricane Katrina remain on the sidelines.

May 21, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

Kai Wright: Chaos and the Mortgage Crisis Kai Wright: Chaos and the Mortgage Crisis

The foreclosure crisis is far from being resolved. Wright says that banks are still pursuing even those who have already given up their homes.

May 12, 2009 / GRITtv

More Mortgage Madness More Mortgage Madness

Why the home loan industry won't (and can't) fix itself.

Apr 29, 2009 / Feature / Kai Wright

Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York

In the second 9/11, all the pain and torture is in the neighborhood.

Mar 23, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt

Obama’s Debt to New Orleans Obama’s Debt to New Orleans

The Democratic Party found its voice in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It owes the people of New Orleans a real recovery.

Mar 12, 2009 / Feature / Melissa Harris-Perry and James Perry

Philadelphia Rising Philadelphia Rising

The mayor's budget plan would close libraries. The people say, Think again.

Mar 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Eshelman

Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field

Industry insiders reveal how predatory lending made it more profitable to run a mortgage shop than to sell drugs.

Mar 5, 2009 / Brave New Films

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