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NEW ORLEANS — Before Hurricane Katrina, about 5,000 households called the Lower 9th Ward home. Today, less than half of that number resides in the neighborhood. Most work in tourist-driven
There are no chain supermarkets in the Lower 9th Ward, which was scoured beyond recognition in 2005 when levees failed.
As summer approaches, with an expected spike in violence, a study finds Chicagoans in Black communities with a lot of crime exercise less and are more obese Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune © Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune A man sits on a bench at an otherwise empty Mason Park in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on May 19, 2021. West Garfield Park is an area with a high violence and obesity correlation. Chelsea Singleton, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, became interested in the intersection of violence and nutrition when sh...