Columnists of Color on Katrina's Many Dimensions

OK, so eventually, I was going to get around to compiling a bunch of these things. But, Richard was right on top of it again with his column today. (See Richard Prince's Journal-isms.) So, what can I say?

Happy reading:

Ronnie Agnew, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, Miss.: 'Sea Coast Echo' still publishing on Katrina's rubble

Betty Bayé, Louisville Courier-Journal: Katrina and Pandora: Debate rages over role of race in slow response

Donna Britt, Washington Post: Choosing to Care And Comfort in Katrina's Wake

Sylvester Brown Jr., St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Let's focus on helping those in need

Yvonne Bynoe, The Black World Today: After Katrina: Is There Justice or Just Us?

Tammy L. Carter, Orlando Sentinel: Stress test: Not knowing the fate of friends

Tammy L. Carter, Orlando Sentinel: There's plenty of blame, let's fix things first

Cary Clack, San Antonio Express-News: Evcuees from New Orleans try to start over in a strange town

Cary Clack, San Antonio Express-News: What matters is helping evacuees, families get back together

Cary Clack, San Antonio Express-News: San Antonians' goodness far exceeds caller's venomous views

Desiree Cooper, Detroit Free Press: Storm shows poverty's ruin

Stanley Crouch, New York Daily News: A failure of vision

Ralph De La Cruz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel: What Katrina dug up: years of neglect

Jack Duggan, New Pittsburgh Courier: The Louisiana Superdome of Shame

Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News: Shell game at gas stations pays big

Carlos Guerra, San Antonio Express-News: Can anyone explain the bizarre call to keep aid convoy in S.A.?

Bob Herbert, New York Times: No Strangers to the Blues

Nick Jimenez, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times: Are we ready here for a Katrina-sized storm?

Chip Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: Police made their storm misery worse

Roy S. Johnson, Sports Illustrated: Katrina's devastation puts sports world in its place

Colbert I. King, Washington Post: Rebuilding the Gulf and Goodwill

Jerry Large, Seattle Times: Gulf poor left behind by Katrina and neglect

Errol Louis, New York Daily News: The ugly truth

Deborah Mathis, BlackAmericaWeb.com: White House's 'Blame Game' Spin Evidence of Our Manmade Disaster -- Bush

Sheryl McCarthy, Newsday: Katrina highlights Bush's incompetence

Byron McCauley, Cincinnati Enquirer: Next, place more focus on the Gulf Coast

Courtland Milloy, Washington Post: D.C.'s Compassion Stretches Only So Far

Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times: Many refuse to give up on city

Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times: No prayers for the dead in New Orleans

Renee Mitchell, Portland Oregonian: Folks wrap up early Christmas for evacuees

Askia Muhammad, Washington Informer: Katrina The Terrorist and her Sponsor

Ruben Navarrette, San Diego Union Tribune: A blemish on his record

Terry M. Neal, washingtonpost.com: Hiding Bodies Won't Hide the Truth

Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune: How to bring all of that mojo back to New Orleans

Les Payne, Newsday: Our modern-day 'Grapes of Wrath'

Steve Penn, Kansas City Star: Performer's 'Hurricane' was a help

Ken Parish Perkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: When the subject turns to race, tempers flare, spittle flies and civility goes on holiday

David D. Porter, Orlando Sentinel: Katrina exposes our vulnerability to chaos

Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald: Cleaning up a town begins with a broom

Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald: Journey shows nature's strength and our own

Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald: Reassurance rings hollow, and questions loom

Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press: A poor excuse for inaction

Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press: TV makes the horror real

Eugene Robinson, Washington Post: It's the Feds' Job

Cindy Rodriguez, Denver Post: After N.O., jobs and uncertainty

Ken Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News: Where's the cash? Many evacuees still await financial assistance

Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News: Welcome aid from all, Bush

Anthony Asadullah Samad, The Black World Today: America Got Us Lookin’ “Real Crazy” Right Now

Bob Ray Sanders, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: The moral to the New Orleans story

Bob Ray Sanders, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Community support drives away despair

Stan Simpson, Hartford Courant: Hartford's Rajun Cajun Heads Home

Michelle Singletary, Washington Post: Lessons to Carry Away From Katrina

Cheryl Smith, Dallas Weekly: One African American Woman's Opinion

Elmer Smith, Philadelphia Daily News: A Call to New Orleans

Gregory Stanford, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Poverty a storm that batters the poor every day

Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Why many fear the other flood — black crime

Esther Wu, Dallas Morning News: Gulf Coast region rich with Asian-American history