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Two years after post hurricane flooding ravaged New Orleans, the Louisiana coastline and a number of Crescent City neighborhoods remain vulnerable. We'll talk about lessons learned and not learned from Katrina.
John McQuaid, reporter and coauthor of three-part series for Mother Jones and also co-author of "Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms"
Sean Reilly, board member of the Louisiana Recovery Authority and former Louisiana state legislator
Greg Miller, senior project manager, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Report, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Stuyvesant High School in New York City is considered one of the best high schools in the nation. A 1985 graduate from 'Sty High' returns to examine what makes it so special, and whether its strict admissions policies make it more of an elitist than educational institution.
Alec Klein, reporter at The Washington Post and author of "Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner."