Hurricane Katrina forced policymakers in the city and state to fix not only some of the worst circumstances of incarceration, but also to prevent people from being held in dangerous conditions altogether.
Though this hurricane will likely only hit the oil industry with a glancing blow, the industry won't always be able to weather the storm.
Last year, 2016, was the first year since Hurricane Katrina that more people left New Orleans than moved in domestically—that has a lot to do with the dismal job market that continues to repel young professionals.
In his new book, Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era, Jacob Remes argues that solutions start with the locals.
The oil and gas industry says, “not it.”
The New Orleans economy, in large part thanks to record tourism, is outperforming that of many other areas.
Students are still trying to make up for lost time.
The elderly are still the most vulnerable to severe weather events.
They'll stay out of trouble longer, a new study suggests.
A book on disaster law and policy urges stronger federal intervention to shore up natural barriers and protect the most vulnerable members of the community.
Post-Katrina New Orleans, still rife with blighted housing, is a lesson for recovering from future disasters.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has been rebounding slowly. Five years after the disaster, researchers suggest that the city promote its entertainment industry as a development strategy.
Long after the benefit concerts are finished, the victims of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis suffer severe emotional aftershocks. Is there a better way to respond to disaster?
A political scientist argues that while FEMA has pulled up its socks since Hurricane Katrina, it's still not ready for primetime.
A group of psychologists argue that during Hurricane Katrina, those who stayed in New Orleans had a very different sense of their options than those who oversaw the evacuations or those watching from afar.
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
An expert says they didn't cause New Orleans floodwalls to collapse. But they may have undermined levees.
New Orleans' plans for getting carless residents out of danger overcame initial obstacles only to founder later.
Mother Nature needs to be allowed to protect New Orleans from ... Mother Nature.
When people think Hurricane Katrina, first thoughts turn to New Orleans. But as Mississippi Forgotten shows, the effects of what happened on the entire Gulf Coast was quite remarkable.
A flood of ideas has brought unacknowledged progress toward a 'new' New Orleans, but big business still has to be persuaded to invest.