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OPSB goes to court to get $20 million – and to stop the city from skimming money from school kids
While recent furor has focused on the city’s fumbled $20 million deal with the Orleans Parish School Board, district leaders ...
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Behind the scenes of Super Bowl shelter planning
Emails show that state officials considered creating a shelter in a barge moored in Industrial Canal — and that prominent ...
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Vote to reject the state’s costly push to fill Louisiana jails and prisons
Voters have a chance on March 29 to turn the tide against Gov. Jeff Landry and his legislature’s extensive, expensive plans ...
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Behind The Lens episode 264 Part II: ‘Our Katrina narrative’
The Lens spent January talking to Lower 9th Ward residents to tell their stories, narratives a Super Bowl committee wanted to ...
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True Terror: New Orleans Likely Not Prepared for Much
"As a researcher who has closely observed, personally experienced local struggles," says the writer, Bethany Garfield, "it’s ...
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Behind The Lens episode 264 Part I: ‘Our Katrina narrative’
The Lens spent January talking to Lower 9th Ward residents to tell their stories, narratives a Super Bowl committee wanted to ...
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Author Archives: Carolyne Heldman
The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.
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Behind The Lens episode 263: ‘They never paid’
This week on Behind The Lens, Super Bowl LIX is fast approaching and New Orleans will host tens of thousands for the game, and hundreds of millions are expected to watch on TV. With so much attention ...
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Making the grade – or not.
Recently, when the Louisiana Department of Education issued its annual school letter grades, my school received an F. I founded the school, Noble Minds, in 2017. Now, I know what you’re thinking.