Proposition 6 is deeply flawed: Hold your nose and vote for it anyway
Phased-in revaluations would still allow huge jumps in tax assessments.
Facing closure, two F-rated Algiers charter schools move in together
The move comes after the school district halted enrollment at William J. Fischer Academy and McDonogh 32 Charter School. The schools aren’t expected to make the C letter grade required for charter renewal.
Months after end of ‘predictive policing’ contract, Cantrell administration works on new tool to ID ‘high-risk’ residents
The researcher whose work was used in NOLA for Life, Chicago "heat list" is involved in developing the new program for Cantrell's violence reduction task force. Task force members hope the list will be used to direct residents to social services, not police.
State environmental agency investigating asbestos contamination at New Orleans school
State officials say construction work was performed according to asbestos safety plan. If that's the case, a DEQ official says, the asbestos release shouldn't have happened.
Healing Center infuses Halloween with deeper Haitian and Mexican attitudes toward death
This is the time of year when the veil between the dead and living is believed thinnest.
The Lens’ Week in Review: Asbestos clean-up at another Orleans Parish school
Asbestos at the Rosenwald school building, another delay in the Entergy astroturfing investigation and a column on the unanimous jury amendment. Plus a new episode of our podcast Behind The Lens.
Behind The Lens episode 3: ‘This is not even an economic study’
Michael Isaac Stein on an economic impact study from UNO. Marta Jewson on asbestos in New Orleans school buildings. And IPNO's Jee Park on non-unanimous juries in Louisiana. Hosted by Tom Wright.
Louisiana voters: Problems at the polls? Report them to Electionland
Once again, The Lens is partnering with ProPublica's Electionland coalition to report on long lines, registration problems and other issues that prevent eligible voters from casting a ballot. We need your help.
In rare bipartisan accord, lawmakers backed abolishing split-jury verdicts; now it’s up to voters
Time to end Jim Crow's last stand in Louisiana law.
Entergy investigation is delayed for a second time
The new deadline for the investigation into the use of paid actors at City Council meetings is Nov. 2, nearly two months after the original deadline.
