NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Katrina opened New Orleans up to become one of the most intensely gentrified cities in America. In a 2020 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, New ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ending 2019 with 120 murders, the lowest amount in nearly a half century, encouraged New Orleans leaders. Considering the national context, however, one criminologist warns against ...

The study found that more than 500 majority-Black neighborhoods have been affected by gentrification over the past 50 years.

New Orleans is no different. In a 2020 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, New Orleans ranked 5th in the country’s 20 most gentrified cities. Skip Navigation ...

Gentrification Might Kill New Orleans Before Climate Change Does The city’s culture withstood slavery, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, Plessy v. Ferguson, hurricanes and more.

NEW ORLEANS – With Isaac bearing down on New Orleans, the city finds itself at a delicate moment in its rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina struck seven years ago. Private and government ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new Washington Post investigation that digs into gentrification patterns across the country. We also learn about plans to improve New Orleans’ bus ...

NEW ORLEANS—With Isaac bearing down on New Orleans, the city finds itself at a delicate moment in its rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina struck seven years ago. Private and government investment ...

New Orleans is more educated, better-heeled and whiter than before. Among the nearly 182,000 households that received mail in 2014 in Orleans Parish—the 169 square miles of solid ground that is ...

Since 1980, Black New Orleans has been the city’s majority; and in pre-Katrina, Black New Orleans made up 67 percent of the city’s population. It has since fallen to 59 percent.