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Cities & Communities

Good data, stronger Tribes

Robert Maxim, Manann Donoghoe, Hannah Stephens

August 25, 2025

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians bird singer Joseph Saubel holds his daughter, Elise Saubel, 2, during a renaming ceremony of the main Post Office to the Richard M. Milanovich branch, in Palm Springs, Calif., on Thursday, November 7, 2024.

Resourcing resilience and prosperity: Philanthropic investment in New Orleans’ nonprofit sector after Hurricane Katrina

Halima Leak Francis

Aerial of New Orleans, Louisiana. Green land, city space, and vibrant blue water. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Institutional and community resilience among institutions of higher education in metropolitan New Orleans

Nancy Mock, Thomas A. LaVeist, Scott S. Cowen, Robert Collins, Josh Lewis, Erin Franklin

NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA - FEBRUARY 10, 2021: Aerial view of downtown Medical Corridor featuring LSU Health of New Orleans on Tulane Avenue

Health as resilience capacity in New Orleans: The critical role of community-based collaborations

Caryn Bell

A dilapidated foreclosed home sits boarded up and empty

Focusing on vacant properties in New Orleans to enhance resilience after Hurricane Katrina

Marla Nelson

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 9, 2018 - Local police officer standing guard along Hermes Parade route for Mardi Gras celebration on February 9, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

One step forward, three steps back: Criminal legal reform and community safety in New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures

Kim Mosby, Sarah Omojola, Hanna Love, Keesha Middlemass

Around the halls: The cost of compromising federal data

Lauren Bauer, Ellis Chen, Manann Donoghoe, William G. Gale, Carol Graham, Joseph W. Kane, Jonathan Katz, Aaron Klein, Tracy Hadden Loh, Elena Patel, Renée Rippberger, John Sabelhaus, Hannah Stephens, Darrell M. West, Vanessa Williamson