August 10, 2010 -
        
  
         "It's just like Katrina -- it's when the media leaves that the public needs to be paying attention."  -- A community leader in south Louisiana, about the BP oil spill  
  
      
     
   
  
  
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        August 9, 2010 -
        
  
        By Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes  The trailer, 24 feet deep by 8 feet wide, is muggy this early August 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        August 6, 2010 -
        
  
        Two weeks ago Facing South reported on a measure moving through Congress that would have taken $400 million from Louisiana's Road Home program to fund a spending that included $304 million for BP disaster response.  
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        August 6, 2010 -
        
  
        Duke Energy announced this week that it would move the planned location of an electrical substatio