Movin' On Down
Patricia J. Williams : New Orleans
Loan-sharking has resurged with global force, cutting across class, race and regions: we're all in the ghetto now.
Housing Activism
2008
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Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess
Laura K. Abel : Banks & Banking
Civil legal aid attorneys could have sounded the alarm years before the subprime scandal began destroying the lives of urban poor--but Congress wouldn't let them.
2007
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The Lower Ninth Battles Back
Rebecca Solnit : Urban Development & Renewal
Community members and outside organizations are working together to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.
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Goodbye, St. Thomas
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans's ruling class is demolishing public housing to make way for private businesses and expensive condos.
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Subprime Mortgage Blues
Nicholas von Hoffman : Banks & Banking
As the housing market flattens, the poor pay the price for the greed and stupidity of real estate and banking bigwigs.
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American Dream, Downsized
In the world's increasingly crowded cities, personal space is shrinking--and so are options for personal happiness.
2006
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Who Is Killing New Orleans?
Mayor-appointed commissions and experts, mostly white and Republican, propose to radically shrink and reshape a majority-black and Democratic city.
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Neglect in New Orleans
A perfect storm of malign neglect is battering the victims of Hurricane Katrina. But the people of New Orleans are fighting back: They deserve our support as they press for the rights of the displaced.
2005
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New Orleans Blues
If New Orleans is to reclaim its greatness, the scope of the solution must match the scope of the problem. The city could become the nation's classroom by re-engineering levees, responsibly building neighborhoods and schools and repairing the environment, but time is running out.
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Squeezing the Have-Nots
William Greider : U.S. Economy
Fitful efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast unfold against a backdrop of looming economic disaster: rising unemployment and interest rates, misplaced priorities and a recession that will hurt the weakest most.
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Purging the Poor
Why are the poorest victims of Hurricane Katrina being kept out of perfectly livable homes?
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Visionaries Wanted
Nicholas von Hoffman : Architecture & Design
New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we've come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwellings for the poor.
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Let the People Rebuild New Orleans
Naomi Klein : Racism & Discrimination
Let the evacuees of New Orleans take the lead in determining how the billions of dollars in reconstruction funds are used to rebuild their lives and their city.
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)
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