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Katrina 10 Years Later

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Photos: Through tears and cheers, New Orleans honors victims 10 years after Hurricane Katrina

By Andrew Mach

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Legendary New Orleans chef rebuilds neighborhood institution

When Hurricane Katrina struck, Leah Chase was the chef and co-owner of the legendary New Orleans restaurant, Dooky Chase, a landmark in the city’s oldest black neighborhood. Chase saw her business, home and virtually everything she owned wash away, but…

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Nation Aug 29

Only the rooftops of houses are seen with the skyline in the background in flooded New Orleans August 30, 2005. Floodwaters engulfed much of New Orleans on Tuesday as officials feared a steep death toll and planned to evacuate thousands remaining in shelters after the historic city's defenses were breached by Hurricane Katrina. REUTERS/Rick Wilking RTW/PN - RTRLZED
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‘I just miss home’: Two stories of life after Katrina

Hurricane Katrina displaced hundreds of thousands of residents of New Orleans and many never returned. For the past decade, filmmaker Rennik Soholt has followed the lives of several families who fled. Now, hear the personal stories of two former New…

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Nation Aug 29

How did Katrina change how we evacuate pets from disaster?

The fact that many people died in the floods because they wouldn't leave their animals behind -- as well as the sight of hundreds of abandoned cats and dogs after the flood waters receded -- prompted major changes to state…

By William Brangham

Nation Aug 29

When Louisiana lost its foster children

Hurricane Katrina scattered thousands of Gulf Coast children nationwide. A decade later, are children in foster care safer in the event of a disaster?…

By Laura Santhanam

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Wiped out by Katrina, New Orleans church finds sanctuary in a living room

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The Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. As members of the neighborhood slowly return, Rev. Charles Duplessis leads church services and bible study in his own living room,…

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In reforming New Orleans, have charter schools left some students out?

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Ten years ago, New Orleans public schools were headed for academic rock bottom. And then Hurricane Katrina came, a disaster so devastating that it offered the rare opportunity to start over. Charter schools, empowered to take over, have raised test…

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George W. Bush honors New Orleans educators ‘who stared into the eye of the storm’

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The secrets behind the Big Easy’s comeback from Katrina

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Ten years later, New Orleans provides revealing lessons on the role business and economics did and — and didn’t — play in the city’s now notably vigorous recovery.

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Aug 28

Gwen’s Take: New Orleans today is a story of pessimism, optimism and grit

By Gwen Ifill

NEW ORLEANS -- When I set off for New Orleans to help cover the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week, I confess I expected to bear witness to remarkable rejuvenation.

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