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Posted inGovernment & Politics

Diminished black middle class a sobering factor in assessing progress since Katrina

By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | A tone of triumph and hope characterized a forum of academic, nonprofit and governmental leaders held Monday at the University of New Orleans to mark the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Yet despite the overall positive message, concern about the city’s shrinking black middle and upper class […]