Topic: Lower Ninth Ward
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New Orleans asks: 'What recession?'
After Katrina, the Big Easy is slowly attracting newcomers and rebuilding its economy.
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Experimental geography as art
Traditional geography meets politics – plus multimedia and performance art.
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Katrina trial: New Orleans' truth commission
Six hurricane survivors sue the US Army Corps of Engineers, as many city residents still try to understand the forces behind the storm's aftermath.
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Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
New Yorker reporter Dan Baum offers a vivid portrait of New Orleans from hurricane Betsy up through Katrina.
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Big Easy's new biennial energizes arts community
Influx of foreign art work around the city is complemented by 'unofficial' local installations.
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New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward stirs and rebuilds
Three years after Katrina obliterated the community, a coterie of volunteers, including actor Brad Pitt, begins to repopulate these modest streets.
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Review: 'Trouble the Water'
Documentary follows the human drama of hurricane Katrina through the eyes of a young married couple from the Lower Ninth Ward.
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New Orleans pastors get help from churches across country
A post-Katrina initiative teams up churches nationwide to help rebuild displaced congregations.
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City of Refuge
A new novel offers an impassioned take on life in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina.
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McCain courts blue-collar Democrats
His lead strategist says if McCain were to get 20 percent of these voters he will win.
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The helping hand these days often holds a new house
House-gifting has become a major philanthropic trend in the US, in part fueled by reality TV shows.
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