Behind The Lens episode 234: ‘Rabble-rousing on the Massive Inexperienced’
This week on Behind The Lens, in St. John Parish, a choose denied a request for a short lived injunction, permitting a Council vote to proceed on rezoning that will pave the way in which for Greenfield Louisiana to assemble…
Behind The Lens episode 241: ‘Radical Black pleasure’
This week on Behind The Lens, in a metropolis that’s synonymous with music, that’s be the driving power behind a number of native Juneteenth commemorations. Reporter Mizani Ball talks by way of her story on the historic and ongoing wrestle…
The Sound of Freedom | The Lens
Most New Orleanians have realized that the town’s sound of freedom has deep roots within the Sunday dancing and drumming in Congo Sq.. “Music grew to become the consciousness of our society, selling each concord and expression,” mentioned Cyril B….
Behind The Lens episode 240: ‘A permanent insult’
This week on Behind The Lens, the New Orleans Metropolis Council Road Naming Fee issued a report two years in the past recommending that 37 streets be renamed in order to take away the names of former slaveholders. Seven streets,…
Behind The Lens episode 239: ‘It is unconscionable’
This week on Behind The Lens, one 12 months after Calvin Cains III was shot and killed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies, his mom and father are nonetheless asking for the physique cam footage from the incident, and they’ve filed…
‘Present us the video.’ | The Lens
It’s been virtually a 12 months since Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies shot and killed 18-year-old Calvin “Trey” Cains III within the parking zone of his mother’s Metairie condominium complicated But his mom, Mallory Woodfork, and his father, Calvin Cains…
LSU’s fossil-fuel partnerships | The Lens
For $5 million {dollars}, Louisiana’s flagship college will let an oil firm assist select which college analysis tasks transfer ahead. Or, for $100,000, an organization can take part in a analysis examine, with “sturdy” reviewing powers and entry to ensuing…
Behind the Lens episode 235: ‘One step behind Exxon’ Information Replace
This week on Behind The Lens, proposed state laws may imply the lack of meals stamp advantages for hundreds of residents. And oil large Exxon was planning on injecting tons of carbon dioxide into the bottom in Louisiana, however good…
Behind The Lens episode 238: ‘Juvenile Jails’
This week on Behind The Lens, a proposed invoice within the state legislature would present funding to parish governments to construct new native juvenile-detention services leading to a system that mirrors Louisiana’s grownup system, which makes use of native lockups…
Dwelling Recollections | The Lens
“That is my folks. That is all I do know,” mentioned Brianna Smith, as she stood within the place that had grow to be her haven, a transformed laser-tag venue in New Orleans East that was renovated 5 years in…