C-SPAN: Hurricane Aftermath
Video coverage of government meetings concerning responses to the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita. View House and Senate committee hearings, government agency briefings, addresses, and other presentations. Includes links to legislation related to hu |
Hurricane Katrina: Two Years Later
This 2007 magazine feature reports on the state of New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina. It is accompanied by personal views, a graphic showing the levee system protecting New Orleans and where people are living since the devastation in 2005 |
Interstate 35W Bridge Collapse
Minnesota state government documents concerning the August 2007 collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis. Provides news and updates, inspection expenditures (2004-2007), recent inspection reports (including fatigue evaluation), a |
Jesse James
Website companion to a documentary about the story of Jesse James, one of America's most familiar myths -- and one of its most wrong-headed. James, so the legend goes, was a Western outlaw, but in reality, he never went west. Provides newspaper accou |
Labor Day Marks Appreciation of U.S. Workers
Background about this U.S. holiday celebrated on the first Monday of each September to commemorate workers. Discusses the holiday's origins, contrasts it with May Day (on which a number of European and other nations celebrate International Workers' D |
New Orleans: A Perilous Future
This August 2007 magazine feature examines the risks of future a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. It discusses the efforts to rebuild levees and other flooding protection systems since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the challenges o |
Tavis Smiley: Hurricane Katrina
Transcripts of interviews on topics related to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Many of the segments also include audio. Some of the interviewees include politicians, authors, filmmakers, professors, New Orleans residents, and hurricane |
The Subprime Crisis
Audio and transcript of a March 2007 report that sets out the issues relating to subprime [mortgage] lending, delinquencies, foreclosures, bankruptcies, and the wake of devastation that the turmoil in the subprime market is leaving behind. Includes l |
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