New Orleans
City on the Mississippi in Louisiana, USA.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why the Levees Failed in New Orleans | Practical Engineering | subject | The 2005 flooding as an engineering failure, not a natural disaster. |
| What Happens When You Give Teens No-Strings Cash? | Neal Morton | subject | The 1 million in January 2024. |
| What We’re Reading: A Spongier New Orleans | RTBC Staff | subject | The piece reports that rain gardens and bioswales across New Orleans soak up heavy rain, nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina. |
Sub-places
Why the Levees Failed in New Orleans — Practical Engineering (2026)
Source: Readwise highlight
What happened in New Orleans in August 2005 wasn’t a natural disaster.
- Role: subject
- In the video: Only the video description is in Reader: engineering errors made the hurricane far deadlier than it would otherwise have been, and the host builds a model to show why the levees failed.
- Why it matters: The city is the subject, but the text here is a two-sentence summary; the argument itself is in the video.
What Happens When You Give Teens No-Strings Cash? — Neal Morton (2025)
Source: Original · Readwise highlight
In New Orleans, roughly four in five of Rooted students come from economically disadvantaged families, and during the pandemic, many struggled to prioritize school.
- Role: subject
- In the article: The 1 million in January 2024. Students such as Kapri Clark, Lyrik Grant and Vernell Cheneau III describe how they spent the money.
- Why it matters: The city is the study’s home and a funder; its pandemic-era crime spike motivated the extension.
What We’re Reading: A Spongier New Orleans — RTBC Staff (2025)
Source: Original · Readwise highlight
Nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, green infrastructure projects all over New Orleans are proving their worth, as residents witness first-hand the way that rain gardens and bioswales soak up heavy rain.
- Role: subject
- In the article: The piece reports that rain gardens and bioswales across New Orleans soak up heavy rain, nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina. A city water program manager says reducing flooding moves the needle, and an editor notes some communities felt solutions fatigue after Katrina but green infrastructure is winning over skeptics.
- Why it matters: The city and its flood history are the subject of the item and give the green-infrastructure story its stakes.