Years before the storm, Tonie Waltman had been told a premonition of its disastrous aftermath. Around 1997, her dad, a Black man named Hardy Jackson, was hit by an oncoming train. He'd ultimately ...

She's inspired by Dolly Parton and Paul Newman, among others, who've used their celebrity for philanthropy Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, Rosie O'Donnell says, “The biggest thing I remember ...

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, four young organizers are turning their early memories into action, as reported by Teen Vogue. Chasity Hunter, Chanté Davis, Jerome Foster II ...

The Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and dozens of other organizations will be required to spend the next year or more helping Americans recover from Hurricane Katrina, putting more strain on resources ...

NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. The disaster is remembered not just for its winds, but for the crushing surge of water that ...

Recently, the AFRO profiled 32-year-old Chancellor Mason, a Hurricane Katrina survivor from Gulfport, Miss. This week, we explore what life was like for the Mason family in the aftermath of the storm.

You’ve probably heard of PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. But what about its counterpart, post-traumatic growth? 20 years later, what Katrina survivors teach us about resilience You've probably ...

Twenty years after Katrina, Rosie O'Donnell says catastrophic images of people “in the most overwhelming amount of need” galvanized her to give back The comedian helped build a community center and ...