Springfield Rebuilding One Year Later Déjà vu All Over Again
Round table discussion at Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO on rebuilding Springfield One year ago a tornado cut a 6 mile swatch of destruction through Springfield, Massachusetts, and I was meeting with labor...
View ArticleTom Wooten’s Disaster Myopia: Too Close and Too Far Away
Rock Creek Yes, I still read Katrina books, even as we are fast approaching the beginning of the 9th year since the storm on August 29, 2005. Having written one myself, I respect the small...
View ArticleJazz Fest Highlights the Contractions of New Orleans
bicycle memorial on st. claude New Orleans The annual Jazz and Heritage Festival or Jazz Fest, as it’s universally known in New Orleans, has become a big time event over the years. I had folks...
View ArticleMaking it Right with Brad Pitt in the Lower Nine
New Orleans The Lower 9th Ward became iconic as part of the story of catastrophe, struggle, and recovery in New Orleans and around the world after Hurricane Katrina. Now there are new candidates...
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