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Some of New Orleans’ flood defenses are slowly sinking » Yale Climate Connections

Transcript: This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Since then, the city has built stronger levees and higher flood walls. But...

CNN 4-Part Series ‘New Orleans: Soul of a City’ Arrives In October

There are no words that could ever fully describe the devastation that occurred 20 years ago when Hurricane Katrina obliterated much of the Gulf...

Survivors of Katrina find strength, solace through the efforts of extraordinary people

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com When the first official public warnings of a tropical depression, then located over the Bahamas, were issued on...

New Orleans clergy say 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Black communities still waiting for promises to be fulfilled

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com Devastation caused by hurricanes, often resulting in extensive flooding, a massive destruction of property and the loss of...

New Orleans ‘Trash King’ faces a fight to keep cleaning Bourbon Street

The stench of trash and residue of bad decisions in one of America’s favorite party hotspots is being scrubbed away, thanks to a change...

In New Orleans, Essence Fest Is a Celebration — but Not Always for Black Locals

This is the second story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On the first night of Essence Fest, Paper Machine, an...

How to Save a Dog

For nearly a year, a motley crew scoured New Orleans for a shaggy white mutt named Scrim. Great Job David W. Brown & the Team...
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