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Jed Horne

Jed Horne is the author of “Breach of Faith, Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City (Random House, 2006, 2008) which NPR declared “the best of the Katrina books.” He shared the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the disaster and recovery.   


September 2017

  • flood

    Latinos rebuilt New Orleans after Katrina. Who will rebuild Houston?

    Jed Horne
    One of the salient features of New Orleans’ revival after Hurricane Katrina was an historic influx of Latino workers. In the Trump era, things may be different

August 2017

  • Samaritans help push a boat with evacuees to high ground during a rain storm caused by Tropical Storm Harvey along Tidwell Road in east Houston, Texas, U.S. August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Houston, take heed from us Katrina survivors. This is what lies ahead of you

    Jed Horne
    New Orleans residents learned some hard lessons about human nature, Mother Nature and politics as usual. But we promise: good news lies ahead

September 2008

  • Dodging Gustav

    Jed Horne

    Jed Horne: Hurricane Gustav spared New Orleans, but the Bush administration's flood defence plans are still inadequate

January 2008

  • Tabula rasa

    Jed Horne

    Jed Horne: New Orleans's public housing projects are an abomination, but that doesn't mean the government should tear them down

November 2007

  • Levity behind the levees

    Jed Horne

    Jed Horne: New Orleans has been given only grudging attention by the Bush administration since Katrina. Now residents are having the last laugh

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