'We had nothing before the hurricane. Now we got less than nothing.'
"That is the deeper shame of this past week, that it has taken a crisis like this one to awaken us to the great divide that continues to fester in our midst. That's what all Americans are truly ashamed about, and the fact that we're ashamed about it is a good sign. ... [That shame] tells me that the American people have better instincts and a broader heart than our current politics would indicate."
| A quote from Illinois Sen. Barack Obama from the Chicago Tribune editorial "Katrina's racial storm"
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