THE GUARDIAN ON THE US CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Larry Elliott The poor reap the whirlwind "No water. No power. No shelter. Homeless people scavenging for food and armed looters running amok on the street." ...

Gary Younge Left to sink or swim "Tragic events in New Orleans have laid bare America's bigotry and exposed the lie of equal opportunity." ...

Richard Luscombe Black fury at Bush over rescue delay "Civil rights leaders, church officials and rap stars have united in ferocious criticism of President George Bush's attitude towards the tens of thousands of black people still trying to escape the hell of New Orleans." ...

Jamie Doward 'They're not giving us what we need to survive' "Only now, a week after Hurricane Katrina roared across the Deep South, leaving a trail of devastation across America's psyche, is the true story of the Battle of New Orleans emerging." ...