Rebuilding NOLA

The city of New Orleans could lose up to 80 percent of its black population if people displaced by Hurricane Katrina are not able to return to damaged neighborhoods, according to an analysis by a Brown University sociologist.

Initial Report (pdf)

Scout Prime reveals bu$hco's plan for rebuilding NOLA.

An Unhappy Union

Dan Froomkin

President Bush will have two major audiences when he delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night, and one of them is a lot more disappointed in him than the other.

But for a few anemic signs of independence, the Republican-controlled Congress seems happy following his lead. Not so the American public.

quote of the day

Canadian Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper

"It is the Canadian people we get our mandate from, not the ambassador of the United States."