Barack Obama visited New Orleans yesterday five years to the day after Hurricane Katrina struck and paid tribute to the ravaged city as ‘a symbol of resilience’. The US President indirectly criticised George Bush after calling Katrina not just a natural disaster but ‘a manmade catastrophe. A shameful breakdown in government that left countless men, […]
Hurricane Katrina not only destroyed a city but eliminated a community. As the five year anniversary approaches, we’ve compiled some pics that told the story of the ravaged city. These are some of the most heart breaking photos that have ever been published, the storm that shook America is revisited. It’s hard to believe that it has been five years […]
I was raised in New Orleans when I first came to the United States. I started living in Chalmette, Lousiana, close to the ninth ward. This area had bad damage after Hurricane Katrina. I left Chalmette when I was 7 and never went back. Things still look extremely bad, it looks as if nothing has […]
A lot has happened since August 29, 2005, or perhaps maybe a lack thereof? Let’s not forget what happened during Hurricane Katrina. We often detach ourselves from the tragedies of the past, but Spike Lee has made it possible for us to revisit the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina. You may ask yourself, why would we […]
Yesterday, Reggie Bush and the world champion New Orleans Saints visited the White House, which is customary for any team when they win the championship. President Obama was very happy to have them there and remarked on how there were doubts that the team would come back after Hurricane Katrina and if the would be […]
On August 28, 1955, Emmitt Till was killed in Mississippi, and the shocking photos published in JET Magazine of his open casket funeral catalyzed the Civil Rights Movement. On August 28, 1963, at the March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, DC, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a Dream” speech. On […]
It’s been 4 ½ years since the levees collapsed leaving a great city in ruins, but to look at the people of New Orleans today you would never think their city was once under water. A big reason for that is the New Orleans Saints road to the super bowl, the Saints will be playing […]
It’s been 4 ½ years since the levees collapsed leaving a great city in ruins, but to look at the people of New Orleans today you would never think their city was once under water. A big reason for that is the New Orleans Saints road to the super bowl, the Saints will be playing […]
Just a month after the release of Lil Wayne and Bow Wow’s Hurricane Season straight-to-dvd movie, Weinstein Co. senior executive David Glasser has justified the company’s decision to avoid theaters. According to Glasser, the movie industry is still going through a financial crunch. ‘Hurricane Season’ director Tim Story (‘Barbershop,’ ‘Fantastic Four’) told Company Town that […]
The following is a statement that was sent to GlobalGrind from Wyclef Jean in the wake of the horrible 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday night: ——- Haiti faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake – and several very strong aftershocks […]
The following is a statement that was sent to GlobalGrind from Wyclef Jean in the wake of the horrible 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday night: ——- Haiti faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake – and several very strong aftershocks […]
