Eternal Seeds, a youth art program in New Orleans, unveiled a mural along the levee breach site, commemorating the 20th ...

The Hurricane Katrina memorial on the Claiborne Avenue neutral ground was the first thing visitors saw when crossing into New ...

Gina Phillips, a mixed media artist from the Lower Ninth Ward, transformed her life and art after losing everything in ...

Looking back on New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina is a reminder that while such hazards may be natural, the death ...

As the city of New Orleans gears up for President Barack Obama's stop on Thursday, his visit and the 10-year-anniversary of the storm is being met with mixed reaction by Lower Ninth Ward residents.

AND HE LED THE EFFORT TO BUILD MORE THAN 100 HOMES IN THE HARD HIT LOWER NINTH WARD. MODERN, INNOVATIVE AND SAFE, MANY OF THE ...

The Lower Ninth Ward plaque is one of three others marking the Katrina levee breaches. The others are at the London Avenue Canal in Gentilly and the 17th Street Canal.

Many residents of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward felt like they got hit twice — first by Katrina, then by a wave of bad publicity, as policymakers wondered whether the area needed to be abandoned.

The question now is whether the Lower Ninth Ward should be resuscitated. The debate will test this city’s mettle and is sure to expose tensions over race, poverty and political power.

However, the Lower Ninth Ward was treated differently from other parts of New Orleans. As resident Minor Moe recalled, “St Bernard coming up. Uptown coming up. Canal Street coming up.