When President Bush spoke to the nation from New Orleans to present his ideas for rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, he said: “We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action.

The two playwrights gave a platform to Louisiana and the Gulf in “Echoes of the Storm,” a series of plays for the Apollo’s tribute to Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary. Coordinating a program of ...

I don’t think I can overstate how lucky Dillard was to have her as president at the time,” Walter Kimbrough said.

The death toll is rising from Hurricane Katrina, with estimates ranging from 68 to 80, and public officials predicting many more. In New Orleans, with waters 20 feet deep and rising, survivors are ...

Devastation hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina. In the aftermath, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman invited New Orleans first-responders to the city for complimentary hospitality.

Hurricane and flood activity in the U.S. has followed an irregular course in 2022. Rather than picking on specific localities, overflowing water has bullied large sections of the country, impacting ...

The images out of Haiti are haunting and horrifying: the bodies, the despair, the endless devastation, the desperate scramble for food and water. Watching this devastation from afar reminds me of ...