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Another Day in the Lower Ninth Ward
[…] in the Lower Ninth Ward, one of the New Orleans neighborhoods most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He is living in one of the trailers, a cramped space filled to the […]
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[…] in the Lower Ninth Ward, one of the New Orleans neighborhoods most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He is living in one of the trailers, a cramped space filled to the […]
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[Editorial note: In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Rooflines has chosen to share an essay from the Shelterforce archives. Co-written by Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Jr. and John […]
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Katrina Mississippi">[…] supplemental disaster recovery Community Development Block Grant funds to support long-term recovery along the post- Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast. The agreement also requires the state to conduct an outreach campaign […]
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Charlotte McGee, right, a former FEMA trailer resident and president of Katrina Rebirth Promise Land, stands in front of a modular home in Denham Springs similar to the type the […]
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This collection of moving accounts of post-Katrina neighborhood recovery lacks both solid political and structural context and marignalized viewpoints.
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Katrina NOLA Neighborhoods by Tearing Down the Freeway">As we reflect on the five years that have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, we can observe both progress and much, much left to be done. Speaking at […]
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[…] into the Gulf Coast on Labor Day weekend, almost three years to the day that Katrina brought its misery to New Orleans, carrying powerful memories of how thoroughly our federal […]
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[…] with polio when he was a child, and he now has Alzheimer’s disease. Before Hurricane Katrina struck, Darrial put Clarence on a plane to safety and drove out of the […]
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Will Hurricane Katrina change the way intermediaries do business?
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[…] felt by most Americans in seeing the raw poverty among New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina. In an open society, nobody who had been watching television or reading newspapers should […]
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[…] chart that course, we must bear in mind several broad but relevant issues that Hurricane Katrina called to the forefront. The first is globalization and its dramatic impact on the […]
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Katrina Survivors Over Recovery Grants">[…] dropping thousands of lawsuits against homeowners who received grants to elevate their homes after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 but used the money to make repairs instead. Many of […]