Month: September 2005

from Liberal Street Fighter If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear-stained eyes Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet....

Two days after hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast I was, like all you, devastated by the images we saw and the stories we heard coming out of the affected areas.  It was clear that the situation on the ground had devolved...

Adeline Perkins carries her dog, Princess, as Lynell Batiste carries Timmy through the flood waters from their Lacombe, La., home on Monday. (AP)The HSUS Nat’l Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) has been preparing for a...

In thinking about the aftermath of the Katrina Hurricane, we need to use this tragedy to give people back their hopes and dreams again after five years of Bush’s misrule. We must create a modern-day Works Progress...

These are the stark headlines from an American city in the 21st century: Bodies, gunfire and chaos in New Orleans’ streets By Mark Babineck NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Rotting bodies littered New Orleans’ streets...