








it provided a window to see them more clearly. But the aftermath of Katrina has aggravated these inequalities. Over three thousand public housing apartments occupied before Katrina plus another thousand under renovation were bulldozed after Katrina. New Orleans is now the charter capital of the US Most of the public schools in New Orleans have become charters since Katrina. The main public healthcare provider, Charity Hospital, which saw 350,000 patient visits a year, remains closed. But, people can observe that New Orleans is now whiter, more male and more prosperous. Although jarring, these statistics can only be shocking to those who have willingly ignored systematic evidence of what Michael Harrington fifty years ago called the "The Other America".
