Poverty Skyrockets in New Orleans: 65% of Black Children Under Age of Five...
By Lance Hill. Crossposted from Justice Roars. On September 22 the Census Bureau released information from their 2010 annual American Community Survey based on a poll of 2,500 people in New Orleans....
View ArticleDid Closing the Large Housing Projects in New Orleans Create a Spike in Crime...
By Dr. Lance Hill, crossposted from Justice Roars. One of the post-Katrina policies touted as a way of reducing poverty and crime was to demolish most of the large housing projects and disperse the...
View ArticleTroubled Waters: Derrick Christopher Evans on Hurricanes and Huracán
In this video, Derrick Christopher Evans talks about the spiritual and historical significance of hurricanes and other disasters on the Gulf Coast.Evans is a son of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, an...
View Article"Katrina/Sandy” brings together stories about crisis and renewal
Featured ProjectWhen I first heard that Hurricane Katrina was approaching the Gulf Coast, I was driving across the Bay Bridge from my home in Oakland, California. Five days later I was in coastal...
View ArticleTen Years Later: Gulf Coast Communities Commemorate Hurricane Katrina
Disaster, Response and Renewal(photo: Evans family home in the Turkey Creek neighborhood of Gulfport, MS, by Leah Mahan)From now through the end of August, communities across the Gulf Coast will come...
View ArticleRemembering Katrina to Prepare for the Future
Disaster, Response and RenewalTen years ago, from a hotel room in Chicago, I watched a real life horror show being televised live by CNN and other networks, as not a single governmental agency, local,...
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