Waveland hurricane museum receives funding to preserve children’s letters to Santa after Katrina

WAVELAND, Miss. (WLOX) - Waveland’s Ground Zero Hurricane Museum has been awarded $15,000 in funding from USM’s Center for ...

Kai Erikson, Who Studied the Collective Trauma Left by Disasters, Dies at 94

He said Hurricane Katrina was “far and away the most telling disaster of our national experience.” ...
WWNO

20 years later, Waveland’s letters to Santa tell stories of recovery from Hurricane Katrina

More than a thousand letters were written and answered after the hurricane. They’re now housed in an exhibit at the Ground ...
The Nation

The Fight to Keep New Orleans From Becoming “Everywhere Else”

Twenty years after Katrina, the cultural workers who kept New Orleans alive are demanding not to be pushed aside.

Woman stunned after breaking open 'hideous' piggy bank discovered in Goodwill cart: 'Don't give it back'

The thrifter said some observers questioned why she would pick up what they thought was a "hideous and scary" item. The ...