When President Bush spoke to the nation from New Orleans to present his ideas for rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, he said: “We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action.
The death toll is rising from Hurricane Katrina, with estimates ranging from 68 to 80, and public officials predicting many more. In New Orleans, with waters 20 feet deep and rising, survivors are ...
The two playwrights gave a platform to Louisiana and the Gulf in “Echoes of the Storm,” a series of plays for the Apollo’s tribute to Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary. Coordinating a program of ...
Devastation hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina. In the aftermath, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman invited New Orleans first-responders to the city for complimentary hospitality.
The images out of Haiti are haunting and horrifying: the bodies, the despair, the endless devastation, the desperate scramble for food and water. Watching this devastation from afar reminds me of ...
On August 23, 2005, the storm isn’t cause for concern yet. It’s the 12th tropical depression of the season, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It’s by the Bahamas; it’s thought that ...
This week marks the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, a New Orleans resident, digs into the political fallout from the 2005 storm. In President George Bush ...