After Hurricane Ida, a “Just & Fair Recovery” Must Address Ongoing Disasters of Poverty, Inequality

As Hurricane Ida is downgraded to a tropical depression, Louisiana’s main utility company Entergy says it could be weeks before it restores electricity to nearly a million people in the storm’s path, including all of New Orleans. We speak with Flozell Daniels Jr., president of the Foundation for Louisiana, who evacuated his home city and is calling for “a just and fair recovery” that addresses preexisting crises, including COVID-19 and poverty. “These are disasters that were already happening,” he says. He also describes the power of the oil and gas industry lobbyists he has challenged as a member of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’s Climate Initiatives Task Force. #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://bit.ly/2iMUW3w Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://bit.ly/2vxfmnj FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow Facebook: https://bit.ly/1JFyMme Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow Instagram: https://bit.ly/1dhTTNI SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/1z8zE34 iTunes: https://apple.co/1z8zE35 Daily Email Digest: https://bit.ly/2veXNWE