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Behind The Lens episode 131: ‘What we have helps, but it won’t be enough’

Applications for New Orleans rental assistance program to be reopened, but there isn't enough funding. New names for school buildings move forward. And a report criticizes New Orleans judges for continuing to issue failure to appear warrants during the pandemic.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind the Lens, applications for a federally funded rental assistance program in New Orleans will be reopened after public outcry.

The NOLA Public Schools district has released the list of 24 new names for its facilities currently named after slave owners or Confederate sympathizers.

And a watchdog group found that local judges continued to issue failure to appear warrants during the pandemic despite the serious health risks of jail.

Our guests this week are government and cultural economy reporter Michael Isaac Stein, education reporter Marta Jewson, criminal justice reporter Nick Chrastil, and The Lens Editor Charles Maldonado.

Behind The Lens is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher. And we broadcast the show on community radio stations 102.3 FM WHIV LP in Mid-City and 90.3 FM WAMF-LP in the Marigny.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.

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