Hurricane Katrina; Long After the Storm; the Effort to Rebuild New Orleans has Been Slow and Inadequate. Governments - Local, State and Federal - Must Redouble Efforts to Restore a Great American City.

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Katrina may not have been the nation's deadliest hurricane - that tragic distinction belongs to the Galveston hurricane of 1900 - but is there any doubt that the failure of government at all levels before, during and since Katrina made landfall two years ago this week has been of unmitigated proportions?

Consider these facts garnered from news accounts and recent studies released by the Institute for Southern Studies and the Children's Defense Fund: The population of New Orleans is still about 181,000 lower than before Katrina hit; about 60,000 families still live in Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers; the city's justice system is in disarray and its murder rate is abominable; and too many school-age children are not back in school.

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Hurricane Katrina; Long After the Storm; the Effort to Rebuild New Orleans has Been Slow and Inadequate. Governments - Local, State and Federal - Must Redouble Efforts to Restore a Great American City.

While government has provided some relief and rebuilt some of the critical infrastructure, the process has be...

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