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- An Oxfam partner tackles hurricane disasters—past, present, and future
- Oxfam's local partner TRAC is joining hands with other agencies to ensure that hurricane Gustav recovery efforts are fair, coordinated, and forward-thinking.
- After the storm: Oxfam takes stock, rushes in aid
- Gustav hit trailers and vulnerable homes the hardest.
- Some people dread evacuations almost as much as hurricanes
- Leaving home in advance of a storm is costly and exhausting. Facing the prospect of having to do it more than once in short order makes some residents think ...
- Building Common Ground
- How shared attitudes and concerns can create alliances between African-Americans and Latinos in a post-Katrina New Orleans
- The Lift House: Living on the bayou—or above it
- MIT architecture students design a new housing concept for the Gulf Coast that combines affordability with hurricane-ready sturdiness, and ease of construction.
- Taking on the 'green monster'
- In the tobacco fields of North Carolina, workers put in long days under grueling conditions. Baldemar Velasquez finds out just how hard the job is.
- New report documents the fading of the American dream
- New index is a single measure of well-being for all Americans based on indicators in three key areas: health, education and income.
- Gulf Coast housing plan is good news, but...
- A plan to expand workforce housing in Mississippi is welcomed, but advocates say the unmet housing needs in the state go way beyond what the plan will cover.
- Group lives up to its name: Coastal Women for Change
- Gulf Coast women join together to talk about what was happening in their community, what issues and problems they faced, and how these could be addressed.
- Designed to last, new "Lift House" holds promise for Louisiana
- A new concept takes shape and offers hope for residents of the Gulf that future hurricanes might inflict less, if any, property damage.
- A force of nature
- Three years after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina, one grassroots leader is harnessing the power of community.
- Oxfam Impact September/October 2006
- Rebuilding the Gulf Coast: A Year Later
- Oxfam Impact April 2007
- MIRA makes a difference
- Forgotten Communities, Unmet Promises
- An unfolding tragedy on the Gulf Coast
- US Gulf Coast Recovery Program Fact Sheet
- An overview of Oxfam America's continuing effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast
- Mirror on America
- How the state of Gulf Coast recovery reflects on us all—Oxfam's report on the status of Gulf Coast recovery three years later.
- A Portrait of Mississippi
- Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
- Oxfam applauds Congress for passing Hurricane Housing Recovery Act
- Gulf Coast advocates play key role in passage of legislation
- Affordable housing needs to be part of disaster planning, says Oxfam America
- As new hurricane season arrives, urgent needs remain unaddressed
- President Bush's Legacy in Question on Visit to Gulf Coast
- New Report on Eve of Katrina Anniversary Details Roadblocks to Gulf Coast Recovery
- "Mirror on America" Outlines Mandate for Next Administration
- Oxfam Urges Congress to Pass Gulf Coast Legislation
- Says the Hurricane Housing Recovery Act (HR 1227) will Ease Severe Housing Crisis
- Oxfam America Strengthens Support for Gulf Coast Organizations
- Oxfam America Calls on Administration to Honor its Katrina Promises
- Billions of dollars allocated for the recovery have yet to reach the region.
- Coastal Communities Criticize Slow Katrina Recovery Effort
- NAACP and Oxfam America Host Town Hall Meeting in Gulfport, Miss.
- New Oxfam America Report Probes Gross Inequalities in Gulf Coast Recovery
- Oxfam Deeply Concerned About Proposed Sale of Public Housing on Gulf Coast
- Oxfam America, NAACP Call for Independent Testing of Fumes in FEMA Trailers
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