Low-income, black women largely ignored in Katrina recovery

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By Samantha MichaelsAug 28, 2015, 1:44 pm58 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ten years after Hurricane Katrina displaced 40,000 people in New Orleans, opinions about the recovery can be traced along racial lines. A pair of new studies underscores that African American…

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