White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not. White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not.
Taking stock 11 years after the storm.
Aug 29, 2016 / Gary Rivlin
These Guestworkers Just Won $20 Million Back From the Company That Trafficked Them These Guestworkers Just Won $20 Million Back From the Company That Trafficked Them
An unprecedented win highlights just how exploitative this country’s guestworker program really is.
Oct 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina? How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina?
The community’s success is a model for solidarity across race and class in the face of natural disaster and political disenfranchisement.
Sep 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Letters From the October 12, 2015, Issue Letters From the October 12, 2015, Issue
Missed Message? Kai Wright’s article “A Demand, Not a Plea” [August 31/September 7] states that the August 8 event at which two Black Lives Matter activists interrupted Bernie San…
Sep 24, 2015 / Our Readers
New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, residents reflect on the changes of the last decade.
Sep 4, 2015 / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories
When public housing was demolished post-Katrina, black women were especially hard hit. A new report examines what their lives look like now.
Aug 28, 2015 / Dani McClain
The Saints Did Not Save New Orleans The Saints Did Not Save New Orleans
The team has had nearly as tumultuous a decade as the city itself, a reflection of how New Orleans has changed.
Aug 28, 2015 / Dave Zirin
After a Disaster Like Katrina, Water, Food, and Shelter Are Not Enough After a Disaster Like Katrina, Water, Food, and Shelter Are Not Enough
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, residents are still fighting scam contractors and FEMA.
Aug 27, 2015 / Laura Tuggle
Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans
George Bush flew over us. Barack Obama sent his deputies. But both eventually landed, and both leave behind plenty more work toward our recovery.
Aug 27, 2015 / Jarvis Deberry
Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina
The city has granted more than 24,000 demolition permits since Katrina. The Nation partnered with The Lens, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, to explore the fate of those proper...
Aug 27, 2015 / Investigation / The Lens and The Nation