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Trump administration rolls back some post-Katrina changes at FEMA : NPR
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became a symbol of the government’s failure to prevent damage and save lives after Hurricane Katrina. Here, a plea spray-painted on plywood sits in front of an apartment complex on Sept. 4, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss., which was hit hard by the storm. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Hurricane …
Read More »What to know about New Orleans’ post-Katrina charter school boom : NPR
Last fall, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ school district opened a new school of its own, The Leah Chase School. Emily Kask for NPR/ hide caption toggle caption Emily Kask for NPR/ When charter schools began replacing public schools in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary was one of the city’s holdouts. “I …
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