I've compiled links to articles - everything from brief news stories to longform pieces - surrounding the ten year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I've also tried separating them into categories or genres. This is obviously a work in progress and I'll update this as the week leading up to the actual anniversary continues, and afterwards. What've I missed?
last updated: 8/25/15
Memoir/personal reflection
"Essay: Claire Z. Cardona, a ‘Katrina Kid,’ on weathering ‘The Big One’" Dallas News
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150822-essay-claire-z.-cardona-a-katrina-kid-on-weathering-the-big-one.ece
"NASA vs Nature, " ArsTechnica
arstechnica.com/science/2015/08/nasa-versus-nature-august-29-2005/
"I worked for the governor of Louisiana during Katrina. Here are 5 things I learned." Vox
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/20/9176225/hurricane-katrina-government
"Ten years after," The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/24/ten-years-after-comic-strip-ronald-wimberly?mbid=social_twitter
"New Orleans' beautiful complexity was the one thing Katrina didn't wash away," The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/23/new-orleans-hurricane-katrina-funeral-best-party?CMP=twt_gu
"How One of Katrina’s Feel-Good Stories Turned Bad," Buzzfeed
http://www.buzzfeed.com/petermoskowitz/how-one-of-katrinas-feel-good-stories-turned-bad#.bfpMJEobb
Coastal preparedness
"Since Katrina: NASA Advances Storm Models, Science," NASA.com
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/since-katrina-nasa-advances-storm-models-science
"New Orleans area's upgraded levees not enough for next 'Katrina,' engineers say," NOLA.com
http://www.nola.com/futureofneworleans/2015/08/new_levees_inadequate_for_next.html
"Policy: Hurricane Katrina’s lessons for the world," Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/policy-hurricane-katrina-s-lessons-for-the-world-1.18188?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
"Offshore oil and gas industry adapts, but risks remain 10 years after Katrina," NOLA.com
http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2015/08/energy_industry_adapts_but_sto.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
“How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory,” New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/science/louisiana-10-years-after-hurricane-katrina.html
"Protecting a New Generation of Poisoned Kids After Katrina," National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150819-new-orleans-katrina-lead-poisoning-hurricane-children-environment-health-pollution/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20150819news-katrinalead&utm_campaign=Content&sf12147598=1
"10 Years Later, Did We Learn Anything from Hurricane Katrina?" Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2015/08/14/10-years-later-did-we-learn-anything-from-hurricane-katrina/
"From the archives"
"And Still They Rise: Confronting Katrina," Edge of Sports
http://www.edgeofsports.com/2007-08-29-280/index.html
"The Superdome: Monument to a Rotten System," Edge of Sports
http://www.edgeofsports.com/2005-09-06-152/
Photography
"THEN AND NOW: See how New Orleans has bounced back 10 years after Hurricane Katrina," NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-orleans-10-years-hurricane-katrina-article-1.2334354
"How Katrina changed us: 9 essays of loss, perseverance and rebirth," NOLA.com
http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2015/08/katrina_-_how_it_changed_us_9.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Cultural change, policy change, and gentrification
"Remembering Katrina in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement," Medium
https://medium.com/@amprog/remembering-katrina-in-the-blacklivesmatter-movement-dd91367aa9d4
"Hurricane Katrina proved that if black lives matter, so must climate justice," The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2015/aug/24/hurricane-katrina-black-lives-matter-climate-justice?CMP=share_btn_tw
"Hurricane Katrina, ten years later: When the investor class goes marching in," UMN Press Blog
http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2015/08/katrina-10-years-later-when-investor.html
"New Orleans, the Reluctant 'City Laboratory'" CityLab
http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/08/new-orleans-the-reluctant-city-laboratory/401144/?utm_source=SFTwitter
"“It’s not just a party, it’s our life”: Jazz musicians led the way
back to the city after Katrina — but what is this “new” New Orleans?" Salon
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/23/its_not_just_a_party_its_our_life_jazz_musicians_led_the_way_back_to_the_city_after_katrina_but_what_is_this_new_new_orleans/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
"Who Killed Public Housing in New Orleans?" The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/requiem-bricks/
In fact, check out this week's entire issue of The Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/issue/august-31-september-7-2015/
"10 New Orleanians on How Katrina Changed Their City" Next City
https://nextcity.org/features/view/new-orleans-hurricane-katrina-local-stories-housing-gentrification-race#calvinjohnson
"'Death of My Career' What happened to New Orleans' veteran black teachers" Ed Week
http://neworleans.edweek.org/veteran-black-female-teachers-fired/
"“Reform” makes broken New Orleans schools worse: Race, charters,
testing and the real story of education after Katrina," Salon
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/03/reform_makes_broken_new_orleans_schools_worse_race_charters_testing_and_the_real_story_of_education_after_katrina/
"10 years after Katrina, a look at Obama’s promises to rebuild and protect New Orleans," The Lens
http://thelensnola.org/2015/08/20/10-years-after-katrina-a-look-at-obamas-promises-to-rebuild-and-protect-new-orleans/
"A Housing Crisis Amid Tens of Thousands of Abandoned Homes," The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/new-orleans-blight-hurricane-katrina/401843/
"Starting Over, " The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/24/starting-over-dept-of-social-studies-malcolm-gladwell
