Update 9/1: Clarkson issued a statement Wednesday night stating that she is “sorry that there were a handful of people in the crowd that didn’t appreciate what I’ve done for them.” By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | Marguerite Blunt, 91, remembers the 1950s as a time when she couldn’t enter restaurants through the […]
Daily Archives: August 31, 2011
Posted inOpinion
Problems at Blair Grocery's farm/school follow a familiar pattern
By Evan Casper-Futterman, The Lens contributing opinion writer | I was saddened by Ariella Cohen’s feature on problems at Blair Grocery’s urban farm and school because, without ever setting foot on the property or meeting its leader, Nat Turner, I felt an intimate familiarity with the situation Cohen identified. As a volunteer with another post-Katrina non-profit […]
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Gung ho for demolition: FEMA pays, but neighborhoods lose
With FEMA footing the bill, the city plans to demolish this house, at 1209 N. Galvez St., a blight war maneuver as likely to degrade as improve the block. Photo by Brad Vogel. By Brad Vogel, The Lens contributing opinion writer | Over the weekend, David Simon, creator of HBO’s Treme, publicly critiqued the city’s […]
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Recent London riots insult the memory of Katrina's greater toll
Lens reporter Matt Davis tours the site of the former Reeves Furniture Store in suburban Croydon, seen burning on the front page of The Times-Picayune during the recent London riots. Photo by Nish. By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | After plenty of research, reporting and countless conversations on the riots in England, it […]
Posted inSchools
The Lens kicks off new Charter School Reporting Corp, plus community-sourcing effort
The Lens announced the kickoff of its newest initiative, the Charter School Reporting Corps, at its latest salon on Thursday. Charter school stakeholders crowded the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities building to hear our plans for covering board meetings of the 45 school boards that govern the 65 public charter schools in New Orleans. Along […]