Hurricanes are scary, but in a basic, elemental way. They don’t mean to destroy everything in their path; water and air molecules don’t get together and decide that today they are going to batter the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Human beings, on the other hand, are a different, more frightening story.

Along with rooftops, trees, levees, and human lives, Hurricane Katrina stripped away the veneer of self-congratulatory rhetoric used to conceal social injustice in modern day United States, and has exposed the festering bitterness and resentment underneath. Our cup runneth over, literally. Read More »