Aug 28 2008
Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later
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Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans and author of the forthcoming book, Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice.
Earlier this week he published a series of staggering statistics called Katrina Pain Index – New Orleans Three Years Later. The audio version …
Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans and author of the forthcoming book, Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice.
Earlier this week he published a series of staggering statistics called Katrina Pain Index – New Orleans Three Years Later. The audio version …
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