By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Katrina does not need the word “Hurricane” as a descriptor; we are on a first name basis with her. Thousands...
By Rhodesia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – It’s been a decade since millions across the world witnessed the aftermath...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Gulf Coast residents and policymakers celebrated the recovery of the Crescent City on the 10th...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There will be many remembrances written in light of the 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. There are...
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush returned Friday to New Orleans, where he was vilified for his administration’s lackluster...
New Orleans (CNN) – President Barack Obama returned Thursday to an outwardly thriving New Orleans to mark strides 10 years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says New Orleans is “moving forward” a decade after Hurricane Katrina dealt it a devastating blow,...
NEW ORLEANS (New York Times) — It is a wonder that any of it is here at all: The scattered faithful gathering into Beulah Land Baptist...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Almost 10 years ago, the world watched as the waters of the Gulf of Mexico—urged...
(The Washington Post) – If it had not been for a disagreement with my mother on that Friday night in August, perhaps my body would be...
REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As people search for words to describe New Orleans’ recovery a decade after Hurricane Katrina, they sometimes use...
(The Huffington Post) – The Chicago Tribune apparently decided the approaching 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was a great hook for an op-ed extolling the cleansing...
