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Behind The Lens episode 255: ‘Civil rights in danger’


This week on Behind The Lens, the Port of New Orleans introduced a plan to revitalize the Alabo Avenue Wharf within the Decrease ninth Ward, approving a brand new terminal for natural grain imported from Jap Europe, however residents’ ideas on the challenge are decidedly combined. 

And amidst a flurry of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, the Louisiana Lawyer Common joined a number of different purple states in a swimsuit in opposition to the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers, arguing Part 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is unconstitutional. If the swimsuit is profitable it may upend faculty and office protections for folks with a variety of disabilities.

Our friends this week are Lens reporters Delaney Dryfoos and Marta Jewson. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Extra music Csm by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

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Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most lately as Govt Director at an NPR member station in Colorado the place she was accountable for new multi-platform content material initiatives, strategic…
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