News

September 2009

September 18^th 2009: CBS affiliate WWL-TV Channel carries story on SSRC’s A Portrait of Louisiana, leads with stats on life expectancy for African Americans in New Orleans.
September 11^th 2009: SSRC’s American Human Development Project announces the release of A Portrait of Louisiana, available Sept 17.

August 2008

August 27^th 2008: “The Perfectly Outrageous Storm”: SSRC.org interviews Shirley Laska to commemorate three years since Katrina.
August 27^th 2008: Visit our audio slideshow about the destruction of public housing in New Orleans.

January 2008

January 4^th 2008: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awards $1.4 million to support SSRC’s Katrina study.

August 2007

August 28^th 2007: Kai Erickson observes that two years after Katrina, the disaster is far from over.

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