post-Katrina

Six Years After Katrina

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From The Root: Six years after the federal levees failed and 80 percent of the city was flooded, New Orleans has lost 80,000 jobs and 110,000 residents. It is a whiter and wealthier city, with tourist areas well-maintained while communities like the Lower 9th Ward remain devastated. Beyond the statistics,…

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Labor Trafficking Suit

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The EEOC filed suit against Signal International LLC, an oil rig construction company in Gulfport, Mississippi, on behalf of foreign workers recruited for U.S. work on an H-2B visa. The workers were lured to the U.S. to work as welders and pipefitters in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Orange, Texas. The government…

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