Two sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white — separate and unequal
Most white people say the recovery is going well. Most black people believe the opposite.
Tag: Hurricane Katrina
Missing Home: A look at what we demolished in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Thousands of houses and buildings were razed after the storm. We went back to some of those properties to see what's there now. What we found shows how some parts of the city have rebounded while others struggle, just as they did before the storm.
Did recovery leadership lie at the grassroots level or does the elite deserve credit?
Two authors approach the recovery from divergent angles, gleaning fresh insights into the long road we've traveled.
Obama administration fell short in rebuilding rental housing, speeding up Road Home awards
Rents are rising faster than incomes in New Orleans, and federally-funded rebuilding resulted in fewer units than planned.
Despite Obama’s pledge, no progress on speeding up increased offshore drilling royalties
He said he'd direct it for hurricane protection, but he has since backtracked.
Feds have funded public transit in New Orleans, but service is worse since Katrina
The feds funded a new streetcar line, but bus service is down 65 percent since the storm.
Crime remains a problem in New Orleans, but feds have done plenty to fight it
Obama revived a program that funds the hiring of cops. New Orleans has gotten about $7 million.
Rebuilt levees don’t meet goal to protect New Orleans against Category 5 hurricane
The levees wouldn't collapse in a powerful hurricane, but storm surge probably would push over the top.
10 years after Katrina, Obama has delivered on promise to rebuild hospitals in New Orleans
We teamed up with PolitiFact to see if Obama has followed through on his promises to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Post-Katrina reforms make levee, floodwall inspections a daily job
If local levee boards had followed inspection rules before Hurricane Katrina, they may have known about weaknesses before parts of the flood protection system collapsed in the storm. Now 11 employees work full-time inspecting and testing levees, floodwalls and equipment around New Orleans.
