20 Years After Katrina: Government Failures Still Haunt New Orleans’ Recovery

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, exposing not just the fury of nature but the catastrophic failures of government systems meant to protect American citizens. As New Orleans commemorates this grim anniversary with memorials and its iconic brass band parade, it is impossible to ignore how political incompetence and bureaucratic delays compounded the human tragedy. How Long Will Federal Negligence Undermine Our Communities? Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, but it was the collapse of the federal levee system that turned a natural disaster into an unprecedented urban catastrophe. Nearly 80% of New Orleans flooded,...