A new investigative study by The Nation Institute is available, which documents violent acts carried out by white militias in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. A brief excerpt: The new information should reframe our understanding of the catastrophe. Immediately after the storm, the media portrayed African-Americans as looters and thugs—Mayor Ray Nagin, for example, told Oprah [...]
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