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How to put Puerto Rico back on its feet
OpinionRev. Jesse Jackson

How to put Puerto Rico back on its feet

Jesse JacksonOctober 19, 2017

That would give the island’s residents breathing room to begin to recover. If he chose to lead, Trump could push through a major program of aid — a Trump Plan for Puerto Rico modeled on the Marshall Plan for Europe after World War II — that would rebuild the island and insure jobs and growth for its residents.

Remembering the Scope of Katrina
Opinion

Remembering the Scope of Katrina

Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA ColumnistSeptember 3, 2015

There will be many remembrances written in light of the 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. There are a few points I would like to add as we reflect on the scope and depth of catastrophe. First, and not in order of importance, Katrina was not only a disaster for New Orleans, and not only for Louisiana, but was a Gulf Coast disaster. Very little attention, for example, has ever been paid to the impact of Katrina on Mississippi. The devastation not only affected the lives of Gulf Coast Mississippi residents, but had a long-term economic impact on the

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Blacks ‘Left Behind’ in New Orleans Recovery

Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington CorrespondentSeptember 3, 2015

As Gulf Coast residents and policymakers celebrated the recovery of the Crescent City on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, advocacy groups challenged the narrative of a resilient and better New Orleans by launching KatrinaTruth.org, a website that shows that post-Katrina progress in New Orleans still hasn’t reached poor Black communities. Judith Browne Dianis, the co-director of the Advancement Project, a multiracial civil rights group, said that, 10 years ago, the Advancement Project was on the ground in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, working with communities to protect the rights of survivors. “Ten years later, the city of New Orleans

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President Obama to Observe Katrina’s 10th Anniversary in New Orleans

Zenitha Prince, Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American NewspaperAugust 28, 2015

Almost 10 years ago, the world watched as the waters of the Gulf of Mexico—urged on by the pummeling winds of Hurricane Katrina—swallowed the city of New Orleans, and wreaked havoc all up and down the coast. On Aug. 27, President Obama will travel to the Crescent City to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of this costliest and one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit the United States and to highlight the city’s efforts to rebuild. The president will be joined by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate in meeting with Mayor Mitch Landrieu and residents of affected neighborhoods.