The Trotter Group: Hurricane Katrina Commentary

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Betty Baye, Louisville Courier-Journal: Now comes the real looting, of federal treasury by connected contractors Read the column

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	A reply to Barbara Bush: It may not be much to you, but it's home Read the column
	Katrina and Pandora: Debate rages over role of race in slow response Read the column

Donna Britt, Washington Post: Every Day, We Ignore the Everyday Poor Read the column

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	Choosing to Care And Comfort in Katrina's Wake Read the column
	From a Dorm, Life Lessons in Surreal Tragedy Read the column
	Parent's Plight Causes Katrina To Hit Home Read the column

Cary Clack, San Antonio Express-News: Young Katrina evacuee offers kisses of thanks to San Antonio Read the column

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	Now let us gather to tell the legends of surviving the hurricane Read the column
	Local government needs to step up, prepare S.A. for disaster Read the column
	Local government needs to step up, prepare S.A. for disaster Read the column
	San Antonians' goodness far exceeds caller's venomous views Read the column
	What matters is helping evacuees, families get back together Read the column
	Evacuees from New Orleans try to start over in a strange town Read the column
	The people of New Orleans need a real act of love from the world Read the column

Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star: Uplifting sentiments from one who survived the storm Read the column

Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe: Global warming? You better believe it Read the column

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	Bush's hacks Read the column
	Big oil's bigtime looting Read the column

Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: It's time for all the nastiness Katrina sparked to blow over Read the column

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	Katrina exposed prejudice that can't be ignored Read the column
	The unity from 9-11 is gone with the storm Read the column

Gregory Kane, Baltimore Sun: Storm leads to liberal dose of the shame game Read the column

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	Storm survivor escapes, but can't forget lost sister Read the column
	Initiative to nurture leaders comes amid proof of its necessity Read the column
	Two photos pose puzzle: When is it not looting? Read the column

Jerry Large, Seattle Times:
New Orleans lessons about neglect may apply to our own children Read the column

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	Race and class separate yet connected Read the column
	Gulf poor left behind by Katrina and neglect Read the column

Dwight Lewis, Nashville Tennessean: Getting out, going home harder than we imagine Read the column

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Tragedy of poverty underlies violence after the storm Read the column

Errol Louis, New York Daily News: The ugly truth: Why we couldn’t save the people of New Orleans Read the column

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Woes raging before the flood Read the column

Sheryl McCarthy, Newsday: Katrina highlights Bush's incompetence Read the column

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To live for tomorrow is the wisdom of a fool Read the column

Courtland Milloy, Washington Post:
D.C.'s Compassion Stretches Only So Far Read the column

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Hope and Horror Mingle in Native Of New Orleans Read the column

Image: Mary Mitchell Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times: Katrina's racial divide isn't that cut and dried Read the column

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Where military goes, so do the cell phones Read the column

No prayers for the dead in New Orleans Read the column

Many refuse to give up on city Read the column

Black or white, Katrina's victims all in same boat Read the column

Askia Muhammad, The Washington Informer, bet.com: 'Is It Darfur Yet?' Read the column

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Katrina The Terrorist and her Sponsor Read the column

Les Payne, Newsday: Pillaging, looting - these guys are pros Read the column

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Our modern-day 'Grapes of Wrath' Read the column

Prepared to protect the ride of his life Read the column

Brenda Payton, Oakland Tribune: Don't rely on the government during a natural disaster Read the column

Steve Penn, Kansas City Star: Hip-hop community steps up Read the column

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Performer's 'Hurricane' was a help Read the column

David Person, The Huntsville Times: New Orleans after Katrina Read the column

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Despite storm, it's still home Read the column

The girl that wrecked a city Read the column

Richard Prince, Journal-isms: What's in the Floodwater? Read the column

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	Reporter Wounded in Baton Rouge; 2nd Writer, Missing Since Thursday, Turns Up Read the column
	Pulling Back on "Refugee" Read the column
	Amid Horrific Destruction, a Flap Over Word Choice Read the column

Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press: Drop politics, let's just fix it Read the column

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	TV makes the horror real Read the column
	A poor excuse for inaction Read the column
	College term has a stormy start for many Read the column
	Unprepared for the deluge Read the column

Stan Simpson, The Hartford Courant: Even Far Away, Disaster Hits Home Read the column

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Hartford's Rajun Cajun Heads Home Read the column

Elmer Smith, Philadelphia Daily News: Bush is reaching out...to aid his fat-cat friends Read the column

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A Call To New Orleans Read the column

Gregory Stanford, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: New Orleans: Bigger, better, richer, maybe Read the column

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Poverty a storm that batters the poor every day Read the column

Adrienne Washington, The Washington Times: Timidity no answer to racism in Katrina debacle Read the column

Wendi Thomas, Memphis Commercial Appeal: Bravo, Bush, for admitting your role in Katrina Read the column

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	Katrina's clouds had black and white lining Read the column
	Katrina's heartache brought out media's best Read the column
	A prayer for New Orleans from the little 9/11 chapel Read the column
	Hurricane motivates plans for our own disaster Read the column

Tonyaa Weathersbee, Florida Times-Union: Hey, Affirmative Action Foes – Where's Your Outcry Over Political Patronage? Read the column

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Hurricane made desperate situation worse for poor Read the column

	Bush is Using Katrina to Shove GOP Programs Like Vouchers Onto Public Read the column
	Bush's New War on Poverty Sounds Good, But Let's Look at His Battle Plan Read the column

DeWayne Wickham, USA Today: Blacks suffering over race or class? Some of both Read the column

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An opportunity to rebuild the South Read the column

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