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Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools
In the city's public schools, test scores are climbing, charter schools are opening all the time, and facilities are being upgraded. But the population of the schools is overwhelmingly African-American. The head of one charter school network says it takes a long time to break old patterns. (02/10/2012)

Traces Of Katrina: New Orleans Suicide Rate Still Up
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, trauma and stress still play a part in the emotional lives of New Orleans residents. The evidence: In 2008 and 2009, the suicide rate in Orleans Parish was twice as high as it was the two years before the levees broke. (02/10/2012)

New Orleans' Public Housing Slowly Evolving
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans five years ago, more than 5,000 families lived in the city's public housing developments. Now, only a third of them are back in public housing. While some who are in the new developments are struggling with the different community, others are over the moon with the shiny new units. (02/10/2012)

Five Years After Katrina, A Return To Bay St. Louis
Five years ago, just after Hurricane Katrina hit, Scott Simon traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss., where the eye of the storm came ashore. The town was devastated. He now returns to find out what's happened to the people and the place he profiled at the time. (02/10/2012)

Some Katrina Evacuees Long For What They Lost
When the thousands of people fled New Orleans after the storm, they scattered all over the country, with Houston receiving the biggest influx of evacuees. For some families the transition to a new city was easy though bittersweet. Still, others struggled to plant roots. (02/10/2012)

New Orleans' Rebound Brings Surprising Riches
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans isn't the city it used to be. The Census Bureau estimates there are 100,000 fewer people living there than before the storm. But many in New Orleans say things may actually be better -- from its sense of community to a greater appreciation of the city's food and music. (02/10/2012)

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From Ely with love
Laura Kenig and Annie DesLauriers of Ely leave for New Orleans this weekend, where they will deliver a motor home to Lance Eden and his family. Rev. Eden is pastor of First Street United Methodist Church in New Orleans. (12/07/2005)

Millions flee Hurricane Rita
This hurricane season brings severe destruction and lessons for disaster preparedness. In the first half of the show, we examine global warming's contribution to hurricane activity. In the second half of the program, we'll discuss the logistics of evacuations. (Midmorning, 09/26/2005)

Helicopters scour Louisiana floodwaters, Texans stream home as Rita falls short of fears
As the misery wrought by Hurricane Rita came into clearer view - particularly in the marshy towns along the Texas-Louisiana line - officials credited the epic evacuation of 3 million people for saving countless lives. (09/26/2005)

Rita batters Gulf Coast, but it could have been worse
Hurricane Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast Saturday, triggering floods and demolishing buildings, yet the dominant reaction was relief that the once-dreaded storm proved far less fierce and deadly than Katrina. (09/24/2005)

How to help hurricane recovery efforts
A list of resources for assisting hurricane victims. (09/23/2005)