gulf coast

CENSUS WATCH: In Louisiana, the Census gets a dose of Cajun pride

By Sue Sturgis

March 1, 2010 - There's an effort underway in Louisiana to use the 2010 Census to pull in federal funding for Cajun and Creole cultural programs, and it's stirring up some controversy over how to best classify members of the state's French-speaking cultures.

CENSUS WATCH: Southern states most at risk from 2010 Census undercount

By Chris Kromm

February 12, 2010 - Ever since the Census Bureau's offbeat 30 second Super Bowl ad, there's been a lot more buzz about the upcoming 2010 Census count and the impact of an under-count in your state (which suggests that even if the ad wasn't great, it succeeded in getting people talking).

As the land disappears, an Indian tribe plans to abandon its ancestral Louisiana home

By Sue Sturgis

October 7, 2009 - For at least 170 years, Isle de Jean Charles -- a narrow ridge of land lying between Bayou Terrebonne and Bayou Pointe-aux-Chene in southeastern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish -- has been home to members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha tribe, native people related to the Choctaw and part of a larger

What have Obama's first 100 days meant for the South?

By Chris Kromm

April 29, 2009 - Everyone else is chiming in with their grade on President Obama's first 100 days in office, so we thought we'd join in, too.

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Faith in the Gulf

By Sue Sturgis

November 11, 2008 - Lessons from the Religious Response to Hurricane KatrinaAugust 2008

A New Agenda for the Gulf Coast

By Sue Sturgis

November 7, 2008 - What Congress Can Do to Confront the Ongoing Crisis of Hurricane Katrina February/March 2007

One Year After Katrina

By Sue Sturgis

November 6, 2008 - The State of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Aug/Sept 2006

Storm Cloud Over New Orleans

By Sue Sturgis

November 5, 2008 - This special June 2006 report from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch looks at New Orleans' storm-protection infrastructure and finds a city dangerously prepared to face a major hurricane.

More images from the Mississippi River oil spill disaster

By Sue Sturgis

July 29, 2008 - This past weekend, Louisiana Environmental Action Network technical supervisor Wilma Subra toured the banks of the Mississippi River through Orleans, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes to witness firsthand the effects of last week's devastating oil spill.

Katrina's homeless hit hard psychologically, study finds

By Sue Sturgis

April 23, 2008 - New Orleans residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were five times more likely to experience serious psychological distress a year after the disaster than those who did not.