Rebuilding on poisoned ground: amidst unprecedented toxic contamination, cleanup and rebuilding plans could worsen environmental racism in the Gulf.(IS IT SAFE TO REBUILD?)

At Momma D's home in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans, a network of generators and car batteries powers several houses, a radio station, and--at night--a string of lights spanning the street between two live oaks. They're the only lights for blocks in a pitch-dark, eerie cityscape, strung in effort to stop police harassment. A curfew restricts people to their homes after dark in unlighted areas; electricity has not been restored to the mostly Black and Black Creole Seventh Ward. Momma D--Diane Frenchcoat--has lived in her grandmother's house on Dorgenois Street since the early 1950s. She's worked for decades to protect her neighborhood from police brutality and ...