t r u t h o u t | 09.02
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An explosion jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky
with red and orange flames over the city where corpses rotted along sidewalks
and thousands remained stranded - crying for food, water and a way to evacuate.
From Margins of Society to Center of the Tragedy
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Many African-American leaders note that the victims in New Orleans were largely
black and poor, those who toiled in the background of the tourist havens, living
in tumbledown neighborhoods that were long known to be vulnerable to disaster if
the levees failed. Without so much as a car or bus fare to escape ahead of time,
they found themselves left behind by a failure to plan.
John Nichols | The Real Gas Gougers
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How convenient for the oil industry that Hurricane Katrina hit just before the
traditional Labor Day-weekend hike in gas prices. Now, John Nichols states, that
instead of having to fake up some absolutely absurd excuse for jacking up gas
prices, the industry can try and dupe Americans into thinking that they are
suddenly paying $3.25 a gallon because of a storm.
Three More Assert Pentagon Knew of 9/11 Ringleader
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Three more people associated with a secret US military intelligence team have
asserted that the program identified September 11 ringleader Mohammed Atta as an
al Qaeda suspect inside the United States more than a year before the 2001
attacks, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
California Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill
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The California Senate voted Thursday to allow gay couples to wed, becoming the
first legislative body in the nation to approve same-sex marriage without a
court order.
William Rivers Pitt | Wake of the Flood
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Actions have consequences. William Rivers Pitt states that what you see on your
television today is not some wild accident, but is a disaster that could have
been averted had the priorities of this government been more in line with the
needs of the people it pretends to serve.
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