Ten Years after Katrina: A Tale of Two Cities
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was left under water 10 years ago — one of the worst disasters in American history. Today, it's celebrating a historic recovery — but not for everybody.
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| 0:25.6 | Ten years after Katrina, a tale of two cities. Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is |
| 0:34.7 | To the Point from Public Radio International. A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:39.2 | Since the levees collapsed to leaving much of New Orleans underwater, historic disaster has been transformed into historic recovery. |
| 0:46.9 | Politicians, business leaders, and crowds of tourists are celebrating a booming economy, |
| 0:51.7 | but New Orleans may have lost as much as it's gained. |
| 0:54.9 | More than 100,000 black residents haven't come home. |
| 0:58.2 | Old-timers fear that unique traditions of art and music aren't coming back either. |
| 1:02.4 | As to the future, can new levies designed by the Army Corps of Engineers |
| 1:06.1 | provide better protection than those it designed before? |
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| 1:30.8 | at KCRW.com. Hello again. We're in Alney, back with To the Point. In the aftermath of Hurricane |
| 1:37.4 | Katrina, New Orleans was left underwater 10 years ago, one of the worst disasters in American history. |
| 1:43.1 | Today, it's celebrating a historic recovery, but |
| 1:45.6 | it's not for everybody. Today's talking point, David Simon wrote The Wire, Tramay, and other TV |
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