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New Orleans
The story of New Orleans' recovery in one business
by
David Brancaccio
and Katie Long
Aug 11, 2015
8 1/2 years after Katrina, Circle Food reopened. Get your green bell peppers here!
A public housing project reborn in New Orleans
by
Caitlin Esch
Aug 10, 2015
Ambitious mixed-income development with an emphasis on education has its critics.
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How independent businesses kept New Orleans afloat
by
David Brancaccio
and Katie Long
Aug 10, 2015
After Katrina, small retailers shook off the devastation and got back to work.
After oil spill, Gulf seafood industry is recovering
Apr 9, 2015
The reputation for good seafood is back, but the old quantity is not.
A motorcycle design for the history books
May 20, 2014
Funded by a patronage-type system modeled on, well, history.
In New Orleans, learning music by watching the feet
Feb 10, 2014
An app to helps others learn music.
Tech on the bayou: Louisiana and New Orleans make a play for start-ups
Jan 24, 2014
Technology is so integrated with all industries these days that tech companies can locate almost anywhere. New Orleans is pushing its advantages.
For public good, not for profit.
As New Orleans comes back, some neighborhoods boom, others stay blighted
by
Eve Troeh
Dec 5, 2013
As New Orleans and its economy attract more college-educated residents, gentrification comes to once-poor neighborhoods on high ground.
Louisiana agency takes on oil industry over damage to delta
by
Eve Troeh
Aug 29, 2013
The levee board for the New Orleans region sued oil companies over their damage to delta wetlands that are a protective buffer against storm surges.
New Orleans residents: You know you're wealthy when...
Jan 28, 2013
In the third installment of Marketplace's "You Know You're Wealthy When" series, we traveled to New Orleans to ask residents of "The Big Easy" what being wealthy means to them.