#Katrina10: Nation Remembering the Hurricane and Its Continuing Aftermath
Commemoration efforts continue today and many have highlighted the issues that still remain in the region, a full decade after the storm hit, via social....
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Ray Nagin Former New Orleans Mayor Gets 10-Year Sentence
Ray Nagin, who stood trial in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina scandal, was convicted of fraud....
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Indicted for Bribery
Former mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 corruption charges...
Katrina +5: A New Orleans Native Looks Back, And Hopes
Zara Green was working for the administration of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin when Hurricane Katrina hit and subsequently, the levees protecting the city failed,...
Katrina +5: Jobs Lag and the Road Home Remains Uncertain
If jobs and housing are the barometers by which recoveries are judged, five years after the storm, New Orleans is getting mixed reviews. The job...
Katrina +5: Billions of Dollars Later, La. Has Made Strides
On August 29, 2005, the United States experienced the greatest natural disaster in the nation’s history when Hurricane Katrina bore down on the Gulf Coast....
Katrina +5: SBA, Taken by Surprise, Unprepared to Quickly Offer Aid
When Katrina struck, SBA was in the middle of a transformation that included an internal reorganization, and a major computer system upgrade. Only 800 people...
Backtalk with Ray Nagin
Katrina was one of the costliest natural disasters and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the United States. Five years after the catastrophe, Nagin...
Forever Linked to Katrina, Ray Nagin Reflects on His Term
The legacy of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will be forever intertwined with the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Though it was...