Aug 30 Weekly Poem: ‘Watcher’ By Tom LeGro Natasha Trethewey has written three collections of poetry: "Domestic Work," "Bellocq's Ophelia" and "Native Guard," which won the "2007 Pulitzer Prize. Her latest book, "Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast," is a mix of prose and poetry. Continue reading
Aug 27 Katrina Five Years Later: New Orleans Is a State of Mind By Spencer Michels It's very hard for me to separate my own experiences in the aftermath of Katrina from the flood of other impressions I've wallowed in since 2005. I've watched HBO's "Treme" and Spike Lee's "If God is Willing and… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch Back Home in New Orleans, Survivors Reflect on Hurricane Katrina Betty Ann Bowser returns to New Orleans to see how three families are coping five years after Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch How Is Gulf Coast Mentally Coping With Devastation of Two Disasters? Physical damage from Hurricane Katrina is still evident in New Orleans while the psychological devastation is sometimes harder to detect. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser examines the mental impact of two disasters, Katrina and then the Gulf oil disaster, in… Continue watching
Aug 26 Will New Levees Protect New Orleans From the Next Hurricane? New floodgates at the 17th Street Canal (Photo by Betty Ann Bowser) On a steamy morning June 2006, less than a year after Hurricane Katrina, I sat in a packed ballroom at a hotel in downtown New Orleans to… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 10:30 Can New Orleans’ Revamped Levee System Withstand Next Storm? The state of the levee system in New Orleans continues to be a major concern, especially during hurricane season. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the city's revamped coastal protection system. Continue watching
Aug 25 The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina By Betty Ann Bowser, Lea Winerman Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans -- and what hasn't -- since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area five years ago. Continue reading
Aug 25 Richard Misrach’s Photographs Speak Volumes about Katrina’s Devastation By Molly Finnegan "Destroy This Memory" is a narrative photo series by Richard Misrach comprised of 69 color prints that showcases the graffiti messages scrawled by Katrina victims and rescue workers. Continue reading
Aug 25 Law & Disorder: The Missteps of NOPD After Katrina By Hari Sreenivasan We talked this week with A.C. Thompson, one of the reporters from ProPublica who has been investigating the New Orleans Police Department in the years since Hurricane Katrina. He has been exploring reports of specific acts of excessive force… Continue reading
Aug 25 After Katrina, Richard Misrach Captured Writing on the Wall By Molly Finnegan Photographer Richard Misrach went to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina to capture images of the messages people had left on buildings and cars in graffiti when they didn't have any other way to express themselves. His… Continue reading