It was just 30 days after Hurricane Katrina marauded across New Orleans when artist Jeffrey Holmes and his then-wife Andrea ...

Cuts, chaos, and climate change are converging to leave Americans more vulnerable to disaster than they were in 2005.

About 164,000 homes were flooded, with most located in the Lower Ninth Ward. After the levees were breached, it took 10 days before the waters finally subsided so that residents could return to ...

Potential changes to FEMA — and the reimbursements it awards to parishes after storms — have some New Orleans leaders on edge this hurricane season.

These 26 pictures show the worst hurricanes that have hit the US through history. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was, and still is, the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States. The hurricane hit ...

The ACLU of Louisiana staffers moved the office to Baton Rouge, after weeks of working out of their homes and other makeshift arrangements. Similarly, the ACLU of Mississippi was without communication ...

While people drowned on live TV, FEMA turned away rescue efforts. The buses that could have saved 20,000 sat underwater. This ...

Evidence shows that people receiving SNAP benefits use them to purchase food, which is their intent. Restrictions don’t get to the root causes of the biggest barriers to achieving a healthy diet, ...

The New Orleans Levee Protection System was designed to protect the city from massive flooding. ... and the one on the industrial canal when it broke flooded the 9th Ward into St. Bernard Parish.

The four-story former administration building has been transformed into 59 apartments, most of them one-bedroom units.

Louisiana has been a right to work state since 1976, prohibiting mandatory union membership or dues as a condition of employment.The policy guarantees the right to freely join or not join labor ...