When the Village Fails | The Lens
In early 2006, when New Orleans’ public faculties had been struggling to reopen after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, my son, then, 10, started collaborating in a program known as “Rethink” – Youngsters Rethink New Orleans Colleges. Publicist Jane Wholey based Rethink…
Do not jeopardize CPRA’s success | The Lens
Louisiana’s Coastal Safety and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has accomplished 157 tasks, benefiting 55,000 acres of coastal wetlands, enhancing 370 miles of levees and developing 70 miles of barrier islands. Now, we really feel like its success could also be in…
Entergy’s quiet energy strikes | The Lens
Recently, public scrutiny has shined a brilliant highlight on Entergy New Orleans’ $1 billion Operation Gridiron. The New Orleans Metropolis Council has been rightfully cautious, given the charges that will hit residents and the current proof of firm deceit in…
Behind The Lens episode 233: ‘A Black hamlet’
This week on Behind The Lens, the planning fee of St. John the Baptist Parish voted to permit heavy industrial makes use of on a disputed plot on the parish’s rural West Financial institution after years of contentious debate. And…
Behind The Lens episode 244: ‘Increasingly more extremes’
This week on Behind The Lens, 15,000 Louisianans have misplaced meals stamps resulting from reinstated federal work necessities. 1000’s extra will seemingly lose advantages beginning this fall, resulting from a brand new Louisiana regulation that bars state officers from doing…
Behind The Lens episode 243: ‘The photo voltaic Motherhouse’
This week on Behind The Lens, a U.S. District decide ordered the Louisiana Division of Corrections to submit a plan to guard inmates laboring on the Farm line at Angola who face “instant threats” from working in excessive warmth with…
Let the bargaining start | The Lens
On the Tulane College campus, all the pieces appeared in movement this week: leaves sprouting on huge live-oak bushes, college students in inexperienced Tulane t-shirts milling round on the large grassy garden. In the meantime, a few of the historic…
Behind The Lens episode 242: ‘Excessive warmth and soiled water’
This week on Behind The Lens, the variety of inmates held at The Orleans Justice Heart has surpassed the town’s jail inhabitants cap, sparking questions on the way to enhance releases whereas decreasing bookings — and what the rising jail…
Nuns Harnessing the Solar | The Lens
When the following main storm strikes New Orleans, the Sisters of the Holy Household motherhouse will shine as a beacon for New Orleans East. “Observe the sunshine to 6901 Chef Menteur Freeway and that may lead you to God’s gentle,”…
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…