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Mississippi forgotten? The most impoverished state has been left out of the reconstruction aid.(GULF COAST UPDATE)
ALTHOUGH NEW ORLEANS received far more media attention after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi--by many measures the most impoverished state in the United States--received the brunt of the storm damage. In the three hardest hit coastal counties, 64,000 homes were destroyed, and more than 70,000 received damage. Many of the poorest residents still have received no federal assistance, and tens of thousands remain spread across the United States.
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For those who have not returned to their homes, reports Monique Harden of the Gulf Coast organization Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, "displaced residents are subjected to a complex ...
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