John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, on this year’s epidemic.
In 1982, Reagan agreed to a deficit deal consisting mostly of tax increases. John Barry reports.
Vulnerable
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Crescent City, flood protection remains inadequate for the big storms that we know will keep coming. John M. Barry reports.
What does Louisiana get from the $8 billion BP settlement? Nothing, writes John M. Barry.