Economy
August 12, 2010 -
Despite repeated promises to take action, the U.S. Senate adjourned for summer recess without funding the federal discrimination settlement for black farmers.
August 12, 2010 -
"Strictly speaking, there are no such things as natural disasters." So reads the U.N.'s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, which
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 3, 2010 -
By Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica BP appears to be delaying decisions about the validity of many claims
August 2, 2010 -
Several sources are reporting today that, after failing three times to approve $1.15 billion in funding for the U.S. government's settlement with black farmers this spring, the Senate will be considering a stand-alone vote today on allocating the money.