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Hurting, Angry, and Hopeful

by Kristina Peterson 09-01-2010
Looking forward after Katrina and the BP spill.

Voices from the Gulf: 'I am Hurt, Angry, but Hopeful'

by Kristina Peterson 06-24-2010

Those of us living along the Gulf Coast are the sacrificial people and region for you and the rest of the Western world. We have been for many many generations. Sociologists would call us the subaltern; politicians would call us the 'don't counts'; economists call us disposable; geographers call us 'ineducable'; religious people call us hedonists or sinners; educators call us backwards.