In New Orleans, hundreds of people rallied Saturday to call attention to the slow recovery of the Lower Ninth Ward. The area was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. The Reverend Jesse ...

Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi ...

Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford and crew build a 3-story ark at 2207 Caffin Ave. in the lower 9th ward, Thursday, October 9, 2008. Staff photo by David Grunfeld ...