Hurricane Katrina, which was both a natural and governmental disaster, has put Eric Klinenberg and his 2002 book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago in the media spotlight. Heat Wave recounts how racial inequality and political neglect contributed to the deaths of more than 700 Chicago residents during the heat wave of July 1995, one of America’s most… return to article
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Reader Comments (3)Page 1 of 1 pages............................................................................. ...^^...................BOO…............hee hee…..............scampers away Rabbit…............
(Haven’t we done this one? same pic anyway)
Posted by GhostRabbit on Sep 28, 2005 at 10:30 AM Yes. Katrina Racial Wake.
Maybe we need a good article about energy conservation. Put on a sweater. If you are still cold go chop some firewood.
Posted by David in Canada on Sep 30, 2005 at 2:31 AM Rabbit thinks that discussions should be more grouped about several artcles on same subject. Often the same issues are being dealt with under different examples, which is cool too of course. It just seems like a dissipation of energy so to speak. Is the aim to discuss for discussion’s sake? or is it too much to push for discussion with the aim of unifying debate to a core resolution. .blah blah….And other inspiring stuff…you know?...
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