Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice

By William P. Quiqley

When Hurricane Katrina hit, seventy thousand peoplewere still in New Orleans. In STORMS STILL RAGING,Quigley passionately tells the stories and the facts aboutwho was left behind when Katrina hit, and who is stillbeing left behind in the rebuilding of New Orleans.Quigley writes about Katrina's effect on housing, publiceducation, healthcare, and criminal justice in a way thatmakes these conflicts come alive.Katrina pulled back the curtains. Katrina ripped offthe bandages. Katrina laid bare our people, our socialsystems, and our histories of injustice, for all to see. WhatKatrina revealed about New Orleans and the United Statesoffers challenges and opportunities for us all.William P. Quigley is a nationally recognized humanrights lawyer and professor of law at Loyola UniversityNew Orleans College of Law where he heads the Centerfor Social Justice, the Clinic, and the Poverty Law Center.For over 30 years Quigley has worked with people inNew Orleans in issues of public and affordable housing,fighting poverty, voting rights, death penalty, livingwage, educational reform, and civil disobedience. Heis the author of ENDING POVERTY AS WE KNOW IT:Guaranteeing the Right to A Job at a Living Wage (Temple2003) and numerous social justice articles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419656287
• ISBN13: 9781419656286
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.3"