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Jason SaulWell, we’ve made it. Almost. It’s been a long, hot summer and this is our last episode as we come up on the tenth anniversary of Katrina.The city is abuzz… -
Jesse HardmanLots of people who visit New Orleans today are surprised to find the city in such good shape. The rebuilding effort has been long, arduous, and largely…
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Of all the changes New Orleans has seen in the ten years since Katrina, the restructuring of the city's public school system is perhaps the most drastic.… -
According to a study by the Data Center, the Hispanic population of the New Orleans metro area has nearly doubled since the year 2000. Many people… -
Nearly a quarter of a million people evacuated to Houston from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and in 2006 there were still about… -
You don't realize how much you appreciate traffic lights until you have to drive around a city without any. This week on Katrina: The Debris, getting… -
New Orleans is a family city. Grandparents and grandkids, cousins, aunts and uncles often live in the same house, share the same traditions. When Katrina… -
The root of the word “restaurant” is in fact the French verb restaurer, to restore. And New Orleans restaurateurs, the proprietors, were seen as key… -
The first comprehensive map for rebuilding New Orleans came out in early 2006, about six months after the flood. Saying it was highly anticipated would be… -
Incredible by Modern Standards— June 1New Orleans is a weather town. As hurricane season begins, hear the most emotional federal weather bulletin ever… -
As the 10th hurricane season begins since the landfall of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, 89.9 WWNO — New Orleans Public Radio is launching a new… -
Hear that?It’s a pop, the sound of air rushing in. A thick, heady smell. Like when you open a vacuum-sealed pack of coffee and chicory.Did you wince? So…
