The Village Voice, September 14th, 2005
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THE HURRICANE KATRINA MESS PUTS US-AND PRESS-IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
Having failed to respond to Hurricane Katrine In the manner expected of the world's leading nation-leaving flotlllasof bodies wlndinqthroughthedrowned streets of New Orleans-the United States has finally gained membership In the third world. The membership Is only provisional. however, as America has yet to fulfill all the requirements.
For example, in some of the poorest third-world countries, for lack of resources the bodies are left to float indefinitely. Here, in this Gulf Coast disaster, ifs only been two wee...
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