By Jed Horne, The Lens news editor |
It’s too bad that Ed Blakely’s book about his two years as New Orleans “recovery czar” is so full of sloppy mistakes. (“Blacks didn’t have permission to march in Mardi Gras blackface…
Thinking her bank had her best interests at heart, one woman paid off her mortgage with insurance money, and started down a tortuous bureaucratic road.
Thinking her bank had her best interests at heart, one woman paid off her mortgage with insurance money, and started down a tortuous bureaucratic road.
By Benjamin Leger, The Lens contributing writer |
Every morning in New Orleans before the sun comes up, runners wind their way through the city’s public parks, getting in their miles before heading to work. Most of them probably don’t…
By Benjamin Leger, The Lens contributing writer
The $1 billion fund set up by BP is supposed to pay for restoration of natural resources damaged by last year’s Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in the…
By Myron Rogers, The Lens contributing opinion writer |
I’m new to Louisiana and its political and bureaucratic processes, but after my first Election Day in New Orleans, I can see why it suffers under such a notorious reputation, even…
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer |
With a grueling schedule of hearings and an endless parade of department heads and administration officials, New Orleans City Council members appear to be contestants in a dance marathon rather than elected…
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer |
With a grueling schedule of hearings and an endless parade of department heads and administration officials, New Orleans City Council members appear to be contestants in a dance marathon rather than elected…
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