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...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s Robin Roberts and Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith, who anchor specials this weekend about the 10th...
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...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, Vera Smith’s body decayed for four days on a...
Anya Kamenetz, NPR NEW ORLEANS (NPR.com) — On Sept. 15, 2005, two weeks after Katrina and the levee breaches, I drove with my parents into...
(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...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two prominent television personalities are accused within weeks of each other of misrepresenting their wartime reporting experiences...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A businessman who specialized in disaster recovery and bribed former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin with more than...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams has finally admitted that he had incorrectly asserted that a helicopter he...
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than nine years after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and flooded New Orleans, residents and businesses...
by Sue Sturgis Special to the NNPA from The Louisiana Weekly (Special from Facing South) — When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug....
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Just before Labor Day 2005, the world was stunned as images of Gulf Coast citizens, trudged through chaos...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This September marks the 10th anniversary for National Preparedness Month. And when it comes to emergency...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted Wednesday on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A jury deliberated the corruption case against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the city’s chief executive when...
NEW ORLEANS – Clad in an orange prison jumpsuit, a former investment banker now serving prison time for a fraud scheme in New Jersey testified that he helped...
[NBC News] NEW ORLEANS — Jury selection started on Monday in the public corruption trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during...
by Brentin Mock Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Many people have made money off of the rebuilding of the city, but not those...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Surely, there’s no little historical irony in the fact that two events occurred last week that were reminders that as...
[THE TIMES-PICAYUNE] Citing the “grotesque” misconduct of federal prosecutors, a judge on Tuesday granted a new trial for five former New Orleans Police Departmentofficers convicted in the...
FEMA’s Craig Fugate and the NAACP’s Ben Jealous shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding. (PHOTO: DUANE C. FERNANDEZ, SR./HARDNOTTS PHOTOGRAPHY) by James Harper Special...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The tornado which devastated an Oklahoma town last month has once again sparked debate...
