The best essay I’ve read in a long time
Sarah M. Broom writes on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for the New Yorker. This piece really has everything.
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Thank you for that. I would also highly recommend Charlie Pierce’s piece:
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36987/new-orleans-ten-years-after-hurricane-katrina-0915/Report
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There’s a documentary film, Big Charity, that’s had several screenings in the city, but hasn’t been released to wider audiences yet, about Charity Hospital. It’s quite well done. I hope it makes it out to the rest of the world outside New Orleans.Report