by Eric Easter Urban News Service Jennifer Renee Johnson desperately misses New Orleans during Mardi Gras. But the New Orleans she misses, she says, no longer exists. Johnson is one of thousands of native New Orleanians who, in this 10th Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina, have yet to move back after fleeing the 2005 disaster. […]
New Orleans: A Tale of Two Cities
By Rhodesia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – It’s been a decade since millions across the world witnessed the aftermath of what is known as one of the largest, costliest and deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States. With a death toll of nearly 2,000 and over $150 […]
10 Years Later, Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Still Devastating On New Orleans’ Black Residents
by Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu took to the road to declare his city is “no longer recovering, no longer rebuilding” a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated it in one of America’s worst natural disasters, but some refuse to buy that speech. For many African Americans who watched their city […]
Mardi Gras’ Fat Tuesday Revelry Kicks Off
February 20, 2015 Revelers play brass band music as they begin the march of the Society of Saint Anne Mardi Gras parade, on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Revelers in glitzy costumes filled the streets of New Orleans for the annual fat Tuesday bash, opening a day of partying, parades […]