Stop Asking Us to Be Resilient: On Hurricane Ida, COVID-19, and Trauma in Louisiana

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By Ashley K. Shelton ·September 3, 2021 Published · September 3, 2021 Updated

In a blink of an eye, the people of Louisiana went from processing one of the worst pandemics in a generation to trying to survive Hurricane Ida. This happened even as the memories of Hurricane Katrina, 16 years earlier, brought fresh rounds of trauma. While I peddle in hope, I must emphatically state that all is not well. 

Louisianians are living without electricity during one

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