(New York Times) – Norman Francis was just a few years into his tenure as president of Xavier University of Louisiana, a small Catholic institution in...
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...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “So let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of...
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...
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...
(New Orleans Advocate) – Mayor Mitch Landrieu advanced his call for the removal of four New Orleans Confederate and post-Civil War monuments Thursday by urging the City Council...
(USA Today) – After seeing years of decline in violent crime, several major American cities experienced a dramatic surge in homicides during the first half...
(Time) – At the stroke of midnight on April 22, it became illegal to smoke in bars, restaurants and casinos in New Orleans. Smoking is...
JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi Gras 2015 is officially over and the last tipsy revelers in New Orleans have been cleared from...
NEW ORLEANS (CBS News) — Revelers in evening gowns and tuxedoes danced into the wee hours Tuesday at glitzy balls, kicking off the annual Mardi Gras...
by Mason Harrison Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Three years after kicking off the much-ballyhooed NOLA for Life murder reduction strategy, Mayor...
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ruby Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she became the first black student to attend a...
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...
