Don’t allow the New Orleans city budget to shortchange our youth
Youth were hit by 40% of previous budget reductions; they cannot afford to absorb more cuts.
As Entergy pushes to fast-track 10 new gas plants for Meta, energy advocates head to court to protect Louisianans and their utility rates.
Meta has held back crucial details about the jobs, investment and needed energy for its data center, argue advocates, who note that Louisianans could end up subsidizing 75% of data center power. For its single Hyperion data center, Meta has asked for 10 Entergy gas plants supplying 754 megawatts — more than the average demand of New York City.
New Orleans is safer. Don’t cut the programs that helped get us here.
Though the city of New Orleans is creating the 2027 amid a fiscal crisis, it cannot afford to dismantle the data-driven community safety programs that brought crime to a 50-year low.
With a lifelong New Orleanian at its helm, the district’s attendance office chips away at students missing days — but there’s still work to be done
Lerone Crayton, whose aim is to improve attendance in a district where a third of students are chronically absent, says that he is a “living example” of the importance of attending school every day. (Photo by Gus Bennett / The Lens)
Fully fund and protect New Orleans’ right to counsel
The Right to Counsel program is a proven way to prevent evictions and homelessness — but the current city budget leaves it completely unfunded.
No justice for New Orleans teens killed in occupied West Bank
Deep ties connect New Orleans to a cluster of West Bank villages where several Palestinian-Americans have been killed. To date, Israeli prosecutors have not even released the shooters’ names.
Behind The Lens: Thrust and Power — SpaceX’s $100 Billion spaceport proposal (audio)
A proposed $100 billion SpaceX spaceport in Louisiana’s Vermilion Parish is raising questions about the potential impact of large-scale space operations on nearby communities and the environment.
Moving past ‘We’re broke’: why New Orleans can’t cut its way to growth
On budget holes, dead malls, and the habit of rebuilding what we let fall apart.
Medicaid provider might end its coverage for Ochsner network, affecting 70,000
About 70,000 Louisiana Medicaid patients could lose in-network access to Ochsner Health providers after Dec. 1 as contract negotiations between Ochsner and Louisiana Healthcare Connections remain unresolved.
The yellow and turquoise school filling a critical gap for kids with autism in New Orleans
Crescent City Schools' Constellations program fills crucial service gaps in New Orleans’ decentralized school system by offering specialized education for students with cognitive disabilities.
