Though he announced his intention to seek the city’s highest office way back in 2008, housing advocate James Perry has largely failed to generate any discernible attention – positive or negative – in print, on television, or over the radio…
I remember clearly the day we filled out our claim forms in the suit against the Army Corps of Engineers. I live not far from the Army Corps office buildings on Leake Avenue, and the cars were lined…
Last week The Lens did a series of reports on the state of housing here in New Orleans.
Thinking about the questions raised by the research highlighted in our reports, I decided to take a deeper look at the day-to-day,…
Last week The Lens did a series of reports on the state of housing here in New Orleans.
Thinking about the questions raised by the research highlighted in our reports, I decided to take a deeper look at the day-to-day,…
Promise is not a word typically associated with Central City New Orleans. In 2007, the neighborhood boasted a homicide rate of 316 per 100,000 residents, making it the most murderous part of the country’s most murderous city. That same year,…
Promise is not a word typically associated with Central City New Orleans. In 2007, the neighborhood boasted a homicide rate of 316 per 100,000 residents, making it the most murderous part of the country’s most murderous city. That same year,…
In what has been billed as a first official visit to New Orleans, Environmental Protection Agency chief administrator Lisa Jackson today addressed the National Brownfields Conference 2009 at the Morial Convention Center.
Jackson called herself a “daughter of the city” (she…
In what has been billed as a first official visit to New Orleans, Environmental Protection Agency chief administrator Lisa Jackson today addressed the National Brownfields Conference 2009 at the Morial Convention Center.
Jackson called herself a “daughter of the city” (she…
In an interview with The Lens this afternoon, Janet Howard, president of the Bureau of Governmental Research stated that it would be “inaccurate” for someone to use their report The House That Uncle Sam Built: The Continued Expansion of Subsidized…
In an interview with The Lens this afternoon, Janet Howard, president of the Bureau of Governmental Research stated that it would be “inaccurate” for someone to use their report The House That Uncle Sam Built: The Continued Expansion of Subsidized…
