The Port of New Orleans plans to “revitalize” the Alabo Street Wharf into a terminal for organic grain. Neighbors in Holy Cross are concerned about grain dust, pests, rodents and a steady line of railcars passing right outside their doors.
Posted inOpinion
Stepping up for New Orleans workers, on Tuesday’s ballot
“People tell me they’re tired of working for minimum wage and not being able to afford the basics. Elected officials beg for their votes, promising this-and-that, and then disappear to serve the interests of the powerful.”
Posted inSchools
Louisiana AG sues feds to undo longstanding disability protections
Because of objections to a federal rule protecting gender dysphoria, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to invalidate Section 504, the disability law best known for providing support for public school students.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Louisiana may be forced to change how it allots welfare money
A proposed Biden-administration regulation change could bar the state from using federal dollars for child-protective investigations, controversial crisis pregnancy centers, and reduce the amount to pre-K.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 254: ‘It’s scary, dangerous’
Marta Jewson and La’Shance Perry on their interview with a women about what it’s like to be pregnant in Louisiana after the fall of Roe. Delaney Dryfoos on St. James residents’ fight against industry.
Posted inEnvironment
Lead pipes, another New Orleans legacy
As the federal government announces a rule to eliminate all lead pipes within the next decade, tests by the Water Collaborative found lead within drinking water at 88% of New Orleans homes tested.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind the Lens episode 253: ‘Mace with no warning’
Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the Jackson Parish Jail housing kids without the required license to do so.
Posted inEnvironment
Can Tulane shed its fossil fuel investments?
To convince Tulane University to divest from fossil fuels, students say, they must fight geography, history, and the school’s academic partnerships with industry.
Posted inHealth
Pregnant in Louisiana Now, After Roe Fell
She is now past her first trimester and doing well. But after two miscarriages, she is aware that a new Louisiana law blocks crucial care for her, if – ‘god forbid’ – something goes wrong.
Posted inOpinion
Helping young people leap hurdles
A group of talented young African American men had little hope that the city could help them – until they learned the ways that the city could change.