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Lower Ninth Ward

New Orleans Ninth-Ward Bayou Needs Funds To Bounce Back

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.04.2013 | Green
Read More: Garret Graves, Eco-Tourists, A Studio in the Woods, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Mrgo, Waste Water Treatment, Cypress Trees, Swamps, University of Colorado at Denver, Water Resources Development Act, Lower Ninth Ward, Salinity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Congress, Fish, Wetlands, National Wildlife Federation, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Orleans Parish, Sierra Club, Crawfish, Delta Regional Authority, Green News
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the Dec. 3, 2012 issue.) The feds and the state want to see Bayou Bienvenue in the Crescent ...

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A Silver Lining in Sandy? (Part 2)

William S. Becker | Posted 01.26.2013 | Green
Read More: Floods, New Orleans, Hurricanes, Heat Waves, Lower Ninth Ward, Soldiers Grove, Katrina, Disasters, Hurricane Sandy, Sustainable Development, Extreme Weather, Great Flood of 1993, Wild Fires, Valmeyer, Pattonsburg, Green News
William S. Becker

There is no question that sustainable recovery from disasters -- particularly moving out of harm's way -- can be a slow, frustrating, arduous process. More enlightened federal funding policies and programs would make it easier and more common.

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The New Ninth Ward

Sam Chaltain | Posted 12.31.2012 | TV
Read More: The Wire, Public Schools, New Orleans, Education, Lower Ninth Ward, Treme, Education Reform, David Simon, TV News
Sam Chaltain

We have met the enemy, and it is us. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we may actually figure out a way to be free. Until that happens, get ready -- a new Ninth Ward is coming your way soon.

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Lower 9th Ward Residents Take On Katrina Tours

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 12.04.2012 | Travel
Read More: New Orleans Tourism, New Orleans, Hurricane-Katrina-New-Orleans, New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, Video, Lower Ninth Ward, US Destinations, New Orleans Travel, Hurricane Katrina, Destinations, Travel News

NEW ORLEANS — Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city's Lower...

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Our School at Blair Grocery (VIDEO)

Bus 52 | Posted 11.04.2012 | Good News
Read More: Farming, New Orleans, Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, Urban Farming, Katrina, Sustainable Agriculture, Csa, Video, Good News News
Bus 52

Started simply as an idea for an 'Experimental Hands-On School,' Our School at Blair Grocery provides a place for young people in the Lower Ninth Ward to learn, as well as a space to explore their interests.

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ReThink Interview: Joseph Garner, Director of Craigslist Joe (EXCLUSIVE CLIP)

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.02.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Social Media, New Orleans, Craigslist Joe Movie, Rethink Interview, Lower Ninth Ward, Craigslist, Joseph Garner, Rethink Reviews, Community, Technology, Craig Newmark, Documentary, Video, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Could you live for a month relying on the generosity of strangers for food, shelter, transportation, and even showers, with no money and no help from friends or family? That's what Joseph Garner attempted to do in his documentary Craigslist Joe.

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New Supermarkets Planned for Underserved New Orleans

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.11.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. HUD, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Hurricane Katrina, Wal-Mart, The Fresh Market, Lower Ninth Ward, Dollar General, Costco Wholesale Corp., Wendell Pierce, Business News
Susan Buchanan

Residents in parts of New Orleans exit gas stations and "dollar stores" with big bags of groceries in their arms. And they're not carrying picnic food. It's tonight's dinner and pantry-stocking for tomorrow's meals.

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Permeable Concrete Tested To Reduce City Street Flooding

Susan Buchanan | Posted 09.11.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brad Pitt, Asphalt, Parking Lots, Lower Ninth Ward, Road Construction, Hurricane Katrina, Make It Right Foundation, U.S. Green Building Council, Sidewalks, China, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Pervious concrete has been around for twenty years or more, but its use in New Orleans is fairly recent.

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Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.16.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Tulane University, Lake Borgne, Plaquemines Parish, Mrgo, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Gulf Coast Leadership Forum, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lower Ninth Ward, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Dept. Of the Interior, Bonnet Carre Spillway, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Fishermen, Green News
Susan Buchanan

An injection of BP funds and continued spending by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may not be enough to counter decades of erosion along the Gulf, sp...

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The 'It Wasn't My Point' Defense of Journalists

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Bruce Nolan, Mark Hertsgaard, National Register of Historic Places, David Winkler-Schmit, Lower Ninth Ward, Media News
Sandy Rosenthal

In the world of journalism, I actually hear this defense: that if a mistake is not central to the point of a piece, then the mistake doesn't matter. Since when did misstatement of facts cease to matter?

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New Orleans Tap Water Beats Odds, Meets All Regulatory Standards

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Industrial Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petrochemicals, Baton Rouge, U.S. Coast Guard, Lower Ninth Ward, La. Dept. Of Environmental Quality, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pollutants, Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, La. Dept. Of Health & Hospitals, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Business News
Susan Buchanan

Residents worry about spills in the river, and wonder if oil lapping at the coast has affected their faucet water. Local, state and federal authorities, however, say the city's tap water meets and, under some criteria, exceeds their standards.

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Streets Unlit After Dusk In Parts of New Orleans

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Public Works, New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Electricity, Lower Ninth Ward, Crime, Safety, Hurricane Katrina, Street Repairs, U.S. Dept. Of Energy, Business News
Susan Buchanan

Patches of New Orleans are dark as a country lane at nightfall because of corroded wiring from Katrina, missing power lines or voltage that's turned off during road construction.

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Gulf coast fishermen join Katrina victims and vow never to forget

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Lower Ninth Ward, Gulf Coast, Fishermen, Green News
Rocky Kistner

Five years ago today, the deadly floodwaters of Katrina breached the levies near New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, flooding this working class neighborhoo...

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Alex Hubbard Struggles To Find Work After Returning To Lower Ninth Ward

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, Lower Ninth Ward, BP Gulf Oil Spill, Unemployed Americans, lowernine.org, Salvation Army, Impact News

Alex Hubbard has many things in his life to be thankful for. He has two daughters in college, two more finishing high school and a newly constructed h...

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Four Years Later, Let's End the Human Rights Crisis in KatrinaRitaVille

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: New Orleans, Aclu, Fema, Hurricanes, Gulf Coast Recovery, Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, Naacp, Human Rights Violations, Obama New Orleans, Infrastructure, Human Rights, Louisiana, New Orleans Recovery, Lower Ninth Ward, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Nancy Pelosi, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, Politics News
Jeffrey Buchanan

The federal government still has a long fight ahead to make good on promises to rebuild a stronger, safer and more equitable Gulf Coast.

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Thanks to Brad Pitt, One Homecoming, One Reunion in New Orleans

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: New Orleans, Brad Pitt, Louisiana, Washington Times, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Lower Ninth Ward, Bellantoni, Make It Right, Hurricane Katrina, Entertainment News
Christina Bellantoni

This weekend, Robert Green slept in his own home in the Lower 9th Ward for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flattened his neighborhood and killed his mother and infant granddaughter.

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Download A Song, Help Build A Home In New Orleans

Sal Nunziato | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: The Meters, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Wynton Marsalis, Dr. John, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Lower Ninth Ward, Healthy Living News
Sal Nunziato

100% of "Healing Time" will be donated to the Make It Right Foundation which helps build green, sustainable homes in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans- one of cities hardest hit areas.

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New Orleans Faces "The Nation"

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: New Orleans, Corps of Engineers, The Nation New Orleans, New Orleans Violence, Lower Ninth Ward, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Shootings, Media News
Harry Shearer

The Nation's investigative piece on the unsolved shootings in Algiers Point in the days after Katrina is a lengthy, painstaking piece of work. And, just like much of the media coverage of the disaster three-plus years ago, it lies.

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Will There Be Justice in New Orleans?

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, New Orleans Shootings, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Violence, Lower Ninth Ward, Politics News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

A new investigation exposes for the first time a rash of vigilante shootings in New Orleans, as white residents in the Algiers Point neighborhood formed an ad hoc militia and opened fire on blacks.

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