Lower Ninth Ward

Download A Song, Help Build A Home In New Orleans

Sal Nunziato | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

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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 12.23.2008 | Media

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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 12.19.2008 | Politics

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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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New Takes on the Post-Katrina Struggle

John McQuaid | Posted 01.15.2008 | Media

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John McQuaid

There's room for more enterprising takes on the Katrina story -- the pre-and post-Katrina problems and struggles have so many more facets than you'll ever see on CNN.

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The Gift of Home

Trevor Neilson | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

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Trevor Neilson

Today something very exciting is happening in New Orleans: for $150,000, Brad Pitt and his team of world-class architects will build a new home for a family.

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Is New Orleans Waiting for Godot?

Jed Horne | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment

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Jed Horne

A classic of 1950s absurdist theater set in a part of New Orleans that has become an emblem of Bush-era incompetence.

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Michael Roston

Brad Pitt Heats Up Clinton Global Initiative Session On Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

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Brad Pitt pledged $5 million toward rebuilding the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans at the Clinton Global Initiative on Wednesday afternoon.

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