"Like the rest of the country, New Orleans is suspended in a state of anxious anticipation. This tourism-dependent city is tiptoeing into reopening, with neither a vaccine nor widespread testing. It’s a dilemma facing every municipality, but in a city whose identity, culture and economy are fueled by human interactions, the issue seems particularly fraught here." Martin Pedersen interviews author and former Lens editor Jed Horne about the tough times ahead.
The disaster narrative that national observers are habituated to look for has blinded them to a lot of what’s going on in our schools ...
Most white people say the recovery is going well. Most black people believe the opposite.
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.
Two authors approach the recovery from divergent angles, gleaning fresh insights into the long road we've traveled.
Rents are rising faster than incomes in New Orleans, and federally-funded rebuilding resulted in fewer units than planned.
He said he'd direct it for hurricane protection, but he has since backtracked.
The feds funded a new streetcar line, but bus service is down 65 percent since the storm.
Obama revived a program that funds the hiring of cops. New Orleans has gotten about $7 million.
The levees wouldn't collapse in a powerful hurricane, but storm surge probably would push over the top.
