News

November 2012

November 8th 2012
New from the University of Texas Press: Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora, coedited by Lori Peek, associate chair of the SSRC Task Force on Katrina and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast

September 2009

September 18th 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 11th 2009
SSRC’s American Human Development Project announces the release of A Portrait of Louisiana, available Sept 17. →

August 2008

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

January 2008

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

August 2007

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