It is time for New Orleans to pause on surveillance technology
An open letter to Mayor Helena Moreno and the New Orleans City Council.
Behind The Lens: SNAP cuts could threaten free school meals; New Orleans marks Black Education History Week (audio)
Changes to federal food assistance and a new recognition of Black education history raise important questions about students, schools, and the history taught in New Orleans classrooms.
The unpopular vote: why the Clancy mistrial proves the system worked
The jury room can risk becoming a mere numbers game — a race to a unanimous verdict that targets dissenting voices rather than thoroughly analyzing the testimony. But when a single juror holds out, they force evidence-driven deliberations rather than verdict-driven ones.
After three-year push by BE NOLA, Black Education History Week is established in New Orleans
The initiative brings New Orleans’ Civil Rights and education history to life during the third week of November with field trips, reenactments and social events.
Sunrise Foods skirts fire code with Alabo Wharf grain facility
Flaws in the plans for the warehouse's fire sprinkler system in the Lower 9 are “so egregious” they should not be permitted, one fire protection expert warned.
When a giant falls, how do we honor him?
After the passing of Jerome “Big Duck” Smith, how must we as a community honor his legacy?
Behind The Lens: Color or community? Supreme Court ruling reshapes Louisiana’s congressional map (audio)
Journalist Emmanuel Felton talks about traveling through Louisiana’s disputed congressional district, examining the communities at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on racial gerrymandering, representation and political power.
America’s air monitors are disappearing, along with the power to expose polluters
Laws in Louisiana and other states now curb the use of community-collected data. In Louisiana, public air monitors are often located miles from major industrial polluters and fail to test for some of the most dangerous chemicals.
The Voices in Our World: “I See Potential in My Life”
A series by Louisiana for Children’s Rights, in partnership with The Lens, that elevates the voices and experiences of Black youth currently or formerly detained in the Orleans Parish juvenile jail
As one in five Louisiana families lose SNAP, N.O. schools brace for free lunch impact
More than 90% of Orleans public schools automatically offer free breakfast and lunch to all students due to high SNAP enrollment rates. With Louisiana SNAP cutting 1 in 5 recipients, school cafeterias could also be serving fewer free meals.
