Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans

Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans has spent most of the morning stressing the importance of getting out of the city in the wake of a deadly storm, Hurricane Gustav menacingly eyeing New Orleans only 3 years after Hurricane Katrina left a path of devastation that's still evident today. One thing he (Nagin) has been adamant about is the fact that looting will not be tolerated. Violaters will "go straight to Angola", Louisiana's State Penitenitiary Nagin said earlier today. The city has beefed up... Read Full Story

Mayor Ray Nagin is taking an aggressive approach to Hurricane Gustav in hopes that we won't have another Katrina tragedy. In addition to putting a dusk til' dawn curfew in affect, Mayor Nagin has also made a pledge that anyone caught steeling (like these above during Hurricane Katrina) will go straight to prison. Nagin isn't sending the thieves to just any ole prison, looters will evidently go straight to Angola Prison. "You will not get a pass this time. Anyone caught looting in New... Read Full Story

New Orleans residents continue to fight for fair housing after natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina and the re-election of Mayor Ray Nagin. Those of you who have followed our series on New Orleans City Council’s wildly misguided war on homelessness will not be shocked to learn that the city’s illustrious leaders are now considering a proposal which would literally criminalize homelessness. Under the proposed measure, members of the homeless population would have a choice: go to... Read Full Story

Meet Pamela L. Lewis, a homeless 4.0 GPA student at Griffin Technical College that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and is presently sleeping in a '95 Ford Explorer as a resident of Riverdale, Ga. without a source of income. The student, a Katrina survivor, was recently denied food-stamps by Clayton County-DFAS in Jonesboro, Ga. because she is not working at least 20 hrs/wk while attending school. And to top things off, a FEMA representative informed the student that her case was... Read Full Story

Posted by god 54 minutes ago (http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com) View profile New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's message to residents this evening is simple: "Tomorrow is not the day for you to come back to the city of New Orleans," the Times-Picayune reports. "Crews will comb the city Tuesday to fully review the damage, Nagin said, with the goal of having residents return later in the week. Buses are in place and ready to bring residents back, he said... Read Full Story