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Women wear costumes as they take part in Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti. The similarity between Carnaval and Mardi Gras in New Orleans is just one connection the two places share.

New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history

When you walk around New Orleans, you can see the Haitian influence everywhere, from the creole cottages to the jambalaya. And thousands of New Orleanians trace their ancestry back to the island. This connection had one journalist asking, is the feeling mutual?

New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history
Revelers catch Mardi Gras beads during the Krewe of Thoth parade down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, March 5, 2000.

The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead

The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead
Birth certificate

Why some immigrants and refugees in Louisiana are having trouble getting married

Why some immigrants and refugees in Louisiana are having trouble getting married
Two voting booths, red curtains drawn

Foreign-born citizens in Louisiana have had to take extra steps to register to vote — until now

Foreign-born citizens in Louisiana have had to take extra steps to register to vote — until now
A house and vehicles damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as seen in Ishinomaki, northern Japan.

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath
Lake Hermitage’s marsh creation project

The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's wetlands

The state of Louisiana is disappearing at an incredible rate, and its sinking deltas threaten some of the nation's crucial oil, gas and fisheries industries. But Louisiana has a “Hail Mary” plan to save it. Industry and government have created an unprecedented plan to save and rebuild these wetlands over the next 50 years — and say failure is not an option.

The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's wetlands

When Art Just Isn't the Best Agent for Social Change

Back in 2007, Kirsha Kaechele decided to take the New Orleans neighborhood St. Roch, with its decaying shotgun shacks, and renew it by building an arts community.  But four years la...

When Art Just Isn't the Best Agent for Social Change

New Orleans's Prospect in 2010: Making Do

New Orleans's Prospect in 2010: Making Do

The Strange Boys Shake Up A Classic Sound

The Strange Boys Shake Up A Classic Sound

Connie Britton

Connie Britton

Rebuilding It Right

Rebuilding It Right

New Orleans Five Years Later

New Orleans Five Years Later

360 Pick: Rotary Downs Plays On

360 Pick: Rotary Downs Plays On
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