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September 1, 2005
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Guard to Double Relief Effort

The Army National Guard is doubling the number of troops being sent to the Gulf in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Pulling up Roots

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A doctor who lives in New Orleans considers pulling up roots and relocating.

Katrina Response

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The Homeland Security secretary says he’s pleased with the federal response, but not everyone agrees that the government is doing everything it could do.

Richard Ford, Novelist, Long-time New Orleans Resident

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Richard Ford is a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, author of the “Sportswriter” and “Independence Day,” among others. He grew up in New Orleans and lived there until last year, when he moved to Maine.

Texas Schools Accept Hurricane Refugees

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Texas opens its public schools to Louisiana students dsplaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Recovering from Hurricane Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina’s turned the Big Easy into a big nightmare. What it will take to get New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back on their feet?

Recovering from Hurricane Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina’s turned the Big Easy into a big nightmare. What it will take to get New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back on their feet?

Katrina’s Economic Reverberations

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Katrina is shaping up as one of the most expensive storms in this nation’s history.

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Here & Now’s George Hicks visits the Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge, Mass., which has a sister school in Haiti. In the “Mother Tongue Books” project, students at each school write books which are translated and exchanged. We’ll find out how these schools have connected before and after the earthquake.

(Friday, January 29, 2010)
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In this photo released by MINUSTAH, an injured youth is attended by medics in a field hospital at the Jordanian battalion's base in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The U.N. Security Council approved extra troops and police officers to beef up security in Haiti and ensure that desperately needed aid gets to earthquake victims. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP/MINUSTAH)

We speak with Dr. Evan Lyon, who is working in Haiti and tells of being forced to do amputations with a hack saw bought from the hardware store because of a shortage in medical supplies.

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