Jim Downie and Kay Steiger each wrote great articles (see the front of CampusProgress.org or click their names) catching us up on the two years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans. Jim’s crib sheet sums up just how little progress has been made and notes that the Army Corps of Engineers charged with rebuilding the levees seem to be “repeating many of the same mistakes that plagued earlier levees” despite all the money and control they’ve been given. Kay reminds us that Katrina hit communities of color extra hard and brings our attention to issues like domestic violence which often get overlooked while city officials and the media focus on lack of schools and hospitals.

I have little to add to the discussion, so I’ll just urge you all to download the song that never seems to get out of my head whenever I read anything Katrina-related, “Georgia…Bush” by Lil Wayne. Here’s a photo montage some YouTuber put together that accompanies the song: