Monuments to the Confederacy in New Orleans and many other cities are problematic. But a mere erasure will not address the issues around racism and racial inequality.
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Memorials to confederate generals are lightning rods today for the same racist views they fought for 150 years ago.
Each Mardi Gras, 25 million pounds of beads hit the streets of New Orleans. One researcher went to the Chinese factories that make them – and spoke to the workers who believe the beads will be given to royalty.
Obama’s trips to vastly different areas – New Orleans and Alaska – laid bare the rising costs of adapting to climate change, now and in the future.
Ten years after Katrina, recovery in New Orleans is mixed – divided in familiar patterns between white and black, rich and poor. The same groups that suffered the brunt of the storm still struggle.
There were only 3,964 seniors in the graduating New Orleans class of 2015, which represents only half of the original cohort of babies. What happened to the missing children?
The resurrection of New Orleans is a tale of resiliency, but other American cities must heed lessons learned by the storm or face disaster in the decades ahead.
New Orleans police have been eulogized as heroes and condemned as racists in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. A scholar examines the legacy of conflicting narratives and points to a way forward.
In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans implemented significant changes to its education system. But the reforms may have excluded a lot of parents from decision-making.
Fearing their neighborhood’s rich history would be forever lost in the wake of Katrina, residents teamed up with a group of volunteers to create a museum of living history.
Real life blood suckers live among us but they don’t want you to know about it.
Climate projections suggest that, thanks to human activity, we will likely see an increase in extreme weather events, disruptions to agriculture, loss of livelihoods and displacement of people. While everyone…
The Department for Education has been scrambling to end the crisis over allegations of extremism at Muslim schools in Birmingham (the so-called Trojan Horse affair). Among all the ideas floated, one, the…
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Adjunct professor, Flagler College
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PhD Candidate in Urban Geography, University of Heidelberg
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Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, University of New Orleans
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Professor of Liberal Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia
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University visitor, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of California, Riverside
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Criminologist in the School of Public Health, Louisiana State University
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Director of the Institute of Public Health, Louisiana State University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, New York University
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor of Public Management and Policy, Georgia State University
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Professor of Practice in Meteorology, Professor of International Affairs & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State
