57:34 minutes (52.7 MB)

This one hour show was produced by Judy Ancel, Jeff Humfeld and Molly Madden for The Heartland Labor Forum, labor's radio show in Kansas City on KKFI 90.1FM Communty Radio. We cover three stories:

• The new disposable workforce: a visit to the Workers Center
• The housing failure: from St. Bernard Housing Project to the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
• How to destroy a transit system: a visit with public transit drivers

Going Nowhere Fast, Part 1

Going Nowhere Fast, Part 2

Going Nowhere Fast, Part 3

Going Nowhere Fast, Part 4

Going Nowhere Fast, Part 5

"Going Nowhere Fast: Troubled Public Transit in New Orleans" - a 5-part video on the "restoration" of public transit service two years after Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina hit New Orleans on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2005. AFSCME members Charssie Muse and Janet Thomas evacuated. Daryl Bushnell, a waiter, did not. He was stranded on a rooftop for two days until help came. Two years later their stories are still raw. Their lives are broken. Their city is decimated. And they have returned to rebuild.

What happens to the mail when families, homes and street signs disappear? Charles McCann, a letter carrier with 32 years of experience serving the Lower 9th Ward, delivers in the wake of disaster.

Going Nowhere Fast, Part 1