Nathaniel Rich on ‘Losing Earth,’ climate change and the shifting political argument
A Q&A with the New Orleans-based author about his new book.
Moreno initiates process to overhaul how the City Council regulates Entergy
Moreno seeks to boost in-house staff, reduce council reliance on outside contractors.
OPSB owes America—and our kids—smarter stewardship of school buildings
Diverting money from maintenance is a truly bad idea.
Week in Review: After Lens and WWL-TV investigations, charter school network CEO suspended
Behind The Lens episode 26: ‘I didn’t want this fight’
Tom Wright goes to a rally for the "March Against Death Alley." Michael Isaac Stein talks to Councilwoman Helena Moreno about how to change Entergy regulation in New Orleans. And we interview Berr Voss-Potts, the 13-year-old whose off-the-shelf lead test prompted the school district to install filters this week at Plessy Community School.
Harney’s emergency bathroom repairs complete, school district says
The school district is leaving portable toilets on campus as a precaution.
Lead filter installation now nearly complete at Plessy Community School
The move comes one week after a 7th-grader’s water test prompted action. Dozens of other New Orleans public schools are still waiting for lead filters.
When is Cantrell going to stop cuddling with the pro-monument crowd?
Keep them here — and keep them off pedestals.
Students at school slated for closure face yet another hurdle: no bathrooms
Seven years and $9 million later, wastewater assimilation a slow starter in New Orleans
S&WB and the City of New Orleans announced in 2011 that they were partnering with St. Bernard Parish to help rebuild the Central Wetlands around Bayou Bienvenue. More than seven years later, the project has yet to discharge a single gallon of treated wastewater.
