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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onNovember 1, 2012
Obama has put lessons from Katrina to use, and some partisans have shown that they can unite in tragedy.
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by Claudio E. Cabrera onFebruary 9, 2012
The agency plans to waive millions it may have sent to hurricane victims by mistake.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 10, 2012
More than six years later, the agency says it overpaid and is sending out bills.
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by Farai Chideya onDecember 16, 2011
Instead of labeling the majority, let's build real coalitions for change, says Farai Chideya.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 30, 2011
Six years after the storm, St. Bernard Project volunteers are helping to bring New Orleans residents home.
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by Jordan Flaherty onAugust 27, 2011
Political power has shifted to whites, but blacks have not given up their struggle for a voice -- and justice.
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by Darrin Bell onJuly 25, 2011
It's a case of mistaken identity.
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by Jordan Flaherty onJune 24, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice system.
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December 11, 2010
Three New Orleans police officers were found guilty in connection with the death of Henry Glover in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Plus, blacks and Hispanics outpace whites in use of Twitter.
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by Martin Johnson onNovember 12, 2010
On the heels of the release of I Know I've Been Changed, his first all-gospel album since Hurricane Katrina, Aaron Neville chats with The Root about gospel music, New Orleans and his upcoming wedding.
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