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Behind The Lens episode 66: A developing story

by Tom WrightJanuary 31, 2020December 22, 2020

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This week on the podcast:

  • We talk with Michael Isaac Stein, who broke the story about Hard Rock Hotel developers and their campaign donations to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
  • We also hear from Jules Bentley, author of a damning essay about the hotel’s collapse.
  • And Marta Jewson examines gifted education policy in New Orleans’ charter school system — some parents are upset about their limited options.

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