Four years after Hurricane Katrina the recovery and rebuilding effort has moved slowly. Even with a change of administration and a president who has made a commitment to the region much more needs to be done. According to the Institute for Southern Studies a survey of
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fifty grassroots leaders gave the Obama administration a grade of D+ on issues of housing, environmental protection, and using stimulus money to rebuild New Orleans.
Renika Moore, Assistant Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Chris Kromm, Executive Director of the Institute for Southern Studies, Saket Soni, Director of the New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice, and Tiffany Gardner, Human Right to Housing Director atshow less...