New map shows large sectors of American population are protected by levees
NEW MAP: Levees.org recently discovered (in a FOIA request) that 55% of the nation’s population (156,615,630 people) lives in counties protected by levees. We thought this information so important that we commissioned a researcher to translate the volume of data tables into a easy-to-read map. The result is eye popping. The graphic and accompanying table […]
The cruelty of Katrina shorthand
Four days after a federal judge in New Orleans determined our Army Corps of Engineers’ actions “resulted in a catastrophic loss of human life and property in unprecedented proportions,” a New York Times article continues to use harmful Katrina shorthand. That is, a reporter for the newspaper with the third highest circulation in the country […]
TIME magazine’s Michael Grunwald on Judge Duval’s ruling in New Orleans
Updated June 30, 2014. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddox did her homework and invited Mike Grunwald of TIME magazine to discuss federal Judge Stanwood Duval’s landmark decision holding your Army Corps of Engineers both responsible AND liable for the flooding caused when its levees broke in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish. Mike Grunwald, who once grumbled […]
