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Topic: Hurricane Katrina

One of many markers erected to preserve the memories of those lost and those who helped in the recovery 20 years ago after Hurricane Katrina. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Katrina’s Legacy: Ready for the next?

CK Smith
Housing and prison activist Malik Rahim, a resident of Algiers Point on the West Bank of New Orleans (National Geographic)

Katrina warned us. We haven't learned

Melanie McFarland
Mike Myers and Kenan Thompson on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

"SNL" imagines Myers, Ye reunion

Alex Galbraith
A St. Bernard Parish resident cries as he removes debris from his home September 17, 2005 in Chalmette, Louisiana. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Half of community moved after Katrina

Richard A. Webster, Jeff Adelson, Sophie Chou - ProPublica
A man looks over the concrete slab that used to be his apartment after Hurricane Katrina, August 30, 2005. (Barry Williams/Getty Images)

Richard A. Webster, Jeff Adelson, David Hammer, Sophie Chou - ProPublica
Edward Buckles Jr., director of "Katrina Babies." (HBO)

How are the babies of Hurricane Katrina?

D. Watkins
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks on Covid-19 testing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 28, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Jackson is a current Hurricane Katrina

Vangela M. Wade
Damage in the city of Pointe-Aux-Chenes, near montegut, Louisiana on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. - The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb "considerably," Louisiana's governor warned Monday, as rescuers combed through the "catastrophic" damage wreaked as it tore through the southern United States as a Category 4 storm. (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

Ida vs. Katrina: Government can work

Carl Pope
RZA directing the film "Cut Throat City" (Well Go USA Entertainment)

RZA talks more Wu-Tang "American Saga"

D. Watkins
Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Why do we keep electing Republicans?

Bob Cesca
Hurricane Irma seen striking Miami, Florida with 100+ mph winds and destructive storm surge, and "Building A Resilient Tomorrow" by Alice C. Hill & Leonardo Martinez-Diaz (Oxford University Press)

When will the US learn from disasters?

Alice C. Hill, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
An American flag flies in St. Bernard, La. Sept. 17, 2005. (AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

Searching for Katrina survivors

J. Malcolm Garcia
A man wades through a flooded road as Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico. (Getty/Ricardo Arduengo)

Puerto Rico hid leptospirosis outbreak?

Shira Tarlo
(AP/Gerald Herbert)

California's trillion-dollar disaster

Eric Holthaus - Grist
(Getty/arinahabich)

I held a gun and I liked it

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Getty Images)

Trump nominee helped killer cops

Amanda Marcotte
(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Another FEMA debacle in Puerto Rico

Charlie May
A man walks past a house laying in flood water in Catano town, in Juana Matos, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria (Getty/Hector Retamal)

Puerto Rico death toll is likely higher

Charlie May
People evacuate a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

A Katrina and Harvey survivor reflects

Jynn Schubert - Salon Young Americans
People are being rescued in the Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. (Getty/Mario Tama)

We learned nothing from Katrina

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A damaged home in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

NOLA can teach about disaster response

Sarah Gamard - Salon Young Americans
(Getty/Tom Pennington)

America’s biggest divide

Neal Gabler - BillMoyers.com
The aftermath of Hurricane Maria, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 20, 2017. (Getty/Hector Retamal)

Puerto Rico could be Katrina-like

Grist Staff - Grist
Donald and Melania Trump take a walking tour to survey hurricane damage and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump's bizarre Puerto Rico spectacle

Heather Digby Parton
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