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After Hurricane Katrina, the Superdome was a ‘symbol of misery and suffering.’ 5 years later, it was the home of the champs

On August 28, 2005, thousands of people lined up to enter the Superdome, just as they had done countless times since the stadium opened 30 years before. Only this time, they weren’t getting ready to ...
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He Tried to Escape Katrina but Ran Out of Gas. At the Superdome, He Saw Things Go from Bad to Worse — and Filmed it All

When Shelton Alexander first purchased his mini Sony camcorder in 2004, his only intention was to record slam poetry. But after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans in August 2005, the poet ...
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Superdome shining example of New Orleans's post-Katrina rebirth

Twenty years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina came ashore along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coasts. The Superdome became one of the focal points of the tragedy in New Orleans, as thousands of ...
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After Hurricane Katrina, the Superdome was a ‘symbol of misery and suffering.’ 5 years later, it was the home of the champs

Editor’s note: “New Orleans: Soul of a City” explores the many ways the city communes with its history – through music, food, sports and tradition – revealing how, 20 years after Katrina, New Orleans ...