Investing in American Strength: An Overlooked Lesson of Hurricane Katrina

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On the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of New Orleans and with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaching, Melissa Harris-Perry points out that while America has learned some short-term lessons, the long-term lessons about the vulnerability of American institutions have gone largely unaddressed