THE INDEPENDENT ON RACE, CLASS, AND THE US: NEW ORLEANS

Andrew Buncombe The city where the dead are left lying on the streets "In a makeshift grave on the streets of New Orleans lies the body of Vera Smith. She was an ordinary woman who, like thousands of her neighbours, died because she was poor. Abandoned to her fate as the waters rose around her, Vera's tragedy symbolises the great divide in America today."

David Usborne The dispossessed of New Orleans tell of their medieval nightmare "A brand new city has arisen inside the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, population 15,000. "

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Apocalypse in the USA "In George Bush's world, he, God and nature are all on the same side. Never has this made less sense...."