Struggle to Protect New Orleans from Hurricane Floods Continues June 22, 2009 By Supriya Sinhabab Kansas City Infozine Close to the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of N

'Finish strong' to rebuild New Orleans August 14, 2010 By Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg CNN ew Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- When we started thinking about the contents of this piece, our fir

A Slow Rebirth, Across Town From 'Treme' August 22, 2010 NPR Though it's been almost five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, many areas across the region are still struggl

A Sustainable New Orleans Slowly Rises in Katrina's Wake July 14, 2009 By KATIE HOWELL The New York Times NEW ORLEANS -- People here are finally seeing a bright side to the catastrophic damag

‘New’ New Orleans could be National Model for Green Building August 19, 2009 by Jeff Kart cleantechnica.com The rebuilding of New Orleans continues. And it’s being rebuilt in shades of g

Beacon of Hope Resource Cente Leading the way home, Beacon of Hope provides a model for recovery in neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Katrina, as well as other areas affected by disaster. Enc

Black businesses hit hard in New Orleans August 19, 2009 By Jennifer Liberto CNNMoney.com NEW ORLEANS (CNNMoney.com) -- Brad Pitt ensured that the nation noticed Hurricane Katrina's utter dest

Brad Pitt - Brad Pitt Discusses New Orleans Charity Work August 24, 2010 Contactmusic.com Brad Pitt appears in a new documentary tonight (24.08.10). The actor will talk about his work in Ne

Brad Pitt Architecture Foundation Reveals New Orleans Blueprints by Jared Newman July 2009 DesignCrave Brad Pitt Architecture Foundation Reveals New Orleans Blueprints By Jared Newman ma

Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' houses in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward to include two-family models July 25, 2009 by Doug MacCas Times-Picayune/nola.com Wow, wait until you see the just-finished

Children in New Orleans still feel impact of Katrina August 23, 2010 NECN This week marks the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Life in much of New Orleans has gotten better, thanks i

Commentary: Does Obama care about New Orleans? August 28, 2009 by Harry Shearer CNN.com CNN) -- I spent much of this month in my adopted hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. Uncharacteristicall

COMPARISON: NEW ORLEANS AND DALLAS LEVEE ISSUES November 24, 2009 Dallas News A federal court ruling taking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to task for its work on the levees in New Orleans pr

Darius Rucker Amazed at Work Still Needed in New Orleans January 6, 2011 by Gayle Richardson The Boot Mark Humphrey, AP Darius Rucker kicked off 2011 by performing the national anthem at the

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, how New Orleans saved its soul August 22, 2010 by Dan Baum The Washington Post A month after the levees broke, when New Orleans was still a dark, damp ghost

Five years after Katrina, Heroes still needed in Louisiana August 18, 2010 CNN U.S. When Tad Agoglia started to clean up the mess caused by Hurricane Katrina, he couldn't help thinking he was

Five years after Katrina, New Orleans' charm calls again August 23, 2010 By Tom Foreman CNN Travel New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- I'm standing in a land of culinary legends with steaming bowl

Five years on, New Orleans Jewish community rises from the ruins November 10, 2010 By Natasha Mozgovaya Haaretz.com NEW ORLEANS - The location of this year's Jewish Federations of North Americ

Former Saints player to assist with low income housing and open new business July 13, 2009 Karen Gros Examiner.com Martin Gramatica, a former New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buc placekicker,

GO Zone program lagging in New Orleans June 21, 2009 by Kate Moran The Times-Picayune Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds have proven a powerful economic development tool in many parts of the state, i

Grass Roots Put New Orleans Back on Its Feet August 29, 2009 by Corey Dade The Wall Street Journal NEW ORLEANS -- This once-ravaged city is finally mending from Hurricane Katrina after years

Handy nuns rehabilitate Katrina-damaged homes December 22,2010 By MARY FOSTER The Washington Post NEW ORLEANS -- Sister Paula Gonzalez - dressed in sweats and sneakers - was directing a fellow

Hope, reality collide in post-Katrina New Orleans August 26,2009 by The Associated Press NPR Shelia Phillips doesn't see the New Orleans that Mayor Ray Nagin talks about, the one on its way to

HUD secretary in New Orleans Monday June 22, 2009 WXVT 15 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will be in New Orleans Monday to help volun

In Katrina’s Aftermath, Still a Struggle to Help December 29, 2009 By SHAILA DEWAN The New York Times NEW ORLEANS — When Renaissance Village, the vast trailer park that housed Hurricane

Innovation again A new New Orleans is rising above the waters August 15, 2009 Marvin Olasky World Magazine New Orleans was once a city of American innovation: first opera house (1796), firs

LACK OF PRIVATE MONEY SLOWS NEW ORLEANS RECOVERY PLANS June 30, 2009 By ALAN SAYRE The Herald NEW ORLEANS — A deal approved this week to fill an empty skyscraper and keep the city's pro foo

Larry Blumenfeld on New Orleans After Katrina July 24, 2009 Truthdig By Larry Blumenfeld I first met Ronald Lewis, a retired streetcar-track repairman with a homemade culture museum in his L

Local filmmaker's Katrina-inspired memory bank bows at Tribeca April 27, 2009 Mike Scott nola.com When he started it, Matt Faust envisioned his short film "Home" as little more than an exerci

Many New Orleans church properties still in limbo August 25, 2012 By BRUCE NOLAN dailycomet.com EW ORLEANS - Nearly seven years after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to hundreds of millions of do

Most of New Orleans Still Struggles to Recover 20 January 2010 VOANews.com HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our progra

New Orleans environmental canvassers spark local backlash June 29, 2009 By Nikki Buskey dailycomet.com HOUMA -— A New Orleans-based environmental-advocacy group is canvassing the Houma-Thibo

New Orleans Five Years After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita April 24, 2010 By Ralph E. Stone Fog City Journal My wife and I just returned from a visit to New Orleans. While there, we toured so

New Orleans Five Years After: A Transformation Unfolding August 11, 2010 Amy Liu The Brookings Institute Five years since Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans and its region stand out

New Orleans group highlights lessons of Katrina August 15, 2009 Stewart Oksenhorn The Aspen Times ASPEN — There's an interesting statistic about New Orleans that gets lost in the image of b

New Orleans is recovering, and offering lessons for Haiti February 21, 2010 by MARC CAPUTO The Palm Beach Post News NEW ORLEANS — The spray-painted X marks from the search-and-rescue teams s

New Orleans Levees Nearly Ready, but Mistrusted August 23, 2010 By John Schwartz The New York Times LAKE BORGNE, La. — The great wall of Lake Borgne is a monster. Nearly two miles long and 2

New Orleans looks at 8 proposals to revive shuttered Six Flags amusement park site November 22, 2011 Jaquetta White The Times-Picayune The long-stalled effort to redevelop the former Six Fl

New Orleans makeover: economic boost or loss of a historical legacy? December 6, 2010 By Mark Guarino Christian Science Monitor New Orleans The parade crawling up Tulane Avenue in this city i

New Orleans Police Struggle In Post-Katrina Era August 12, 2010 by CARRIE KAHN NPR Five years ago this month, a powerful hurricane crashed into the Southern coast of the U.S., killing more tha

New Orleans Population Shrinks By 1/3 In 10 Years February 7, 2011 By ARLETTE SAENZ ABC News New Orleans may always hold the nickname "The Big Easy," but its population isn't quite as big as i

New Orleans Remains A Volunteer Hub For College Students Five Years After Storm March 24, 2010 NPR Five years have passed since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New Orleans, but much of th

New Orleans streetcar lines at a temporary stop to fix Hurricane Katrina damage July 7, 2009 Dallasnews.com NEW ORLEANS – One segment of the Crescent City's famous streetcar service shut dow

New Orleans Thanks You With help from people all over the world, New Orleans and the Gulf South are making strides in rebuilding from the hurricanes that have hit the area over the past several y

New Orleans undergoing challenging recovery August 13, 2009 by Curtis Wackerle Aspen Daily News ome good news is beginning to emerge out of New Orleans as rebuilding moves along four years a

New Orleans' past, future collide at Oktoberfest September 29, 2009 By BECKY BOHRER The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The beer and oompah music are flowing as ever but there is a mournful

New Orleans, Haiti linked by history and tragedy January 28,2010 By Rick Jervis USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS — From the pots of red beans and rice bubbling in French Quarter restaurants to the amul

New Orleans: A city without Charity by Desiree Evans Facing South As the health care debate rages on the national scene, in New Orleans the future of health care also remains uncertain. Boo

New Orleans: Rebuilding on People's Bones November 17, 2010 Jordan Flaherty Interviewed by Paul Jay MRzine Jordan Flaherty: I think some of the voices that really haven't been heard in these f

NEW ORLEANS: The fastest growing forgotten city in the U.S. By Paul. A. Greenberg Facing South Seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina, upon returning from exile, a friend of mine took me to see th

Rebuilding Efforts Dampen Effects of Recession in New Orleans August 21, 2009 by Rachel Eggleston civilrights.org The continuing effort to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has parti

Second homes: The good times roll non-stop in New Orleans December 16, 2010 By Larry Olmst USA Today New Orleans is thriving better than many people could have imagined five years ago, when H

Some ache for New Orleans but not ready to return September 1, 2009 By Judy Keen USA TODAY ohn "Chappy" Chapman is happy in Nashville, but he agonizes over the things Hurricane Katrina took fr

Still Fiddling While New Orleans Drowns August 28, 2009 John McQuaid The Huffington Post The fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is upon us, and New Orleans continues to slowly rebound, wi

Study finds New Orleans richer after Katrina August 4, 2010 CNN U.S. New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans is richer than it was before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, but largely becau

The Way of the Bayou June 18, 2009 Dan Baum Happy Days Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina, I was wandering around the ruins of New Orleans as a writer for The New Yorker when I heard some real

Then and Now: New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina People.com PEOPLE.com revisits the city – and its determined residents – four years after the devastating storm NOTE: Visit the website t

Wendell Pierce: Poor, blacks kept from returning to New Orleans August 26, 2010 CNN Editor's note: Were government promises to rebuild New Orleans kept? CNN's Anderson Cooper returns to the Gul