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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.
by Nick Chrastil October 22, 2024 Updated November 14, 2024
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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.
by Carolyne Heldman October 18, 2024 Updated October 18, 2024

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.
by Delaney Dryfoos October 12, 2024 Updated November 14, 2024
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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.
by Carolyne Heldman October 11, 2024 Updated October 11, 2024

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.
by Jay Marcano October 10, 2024 Updated October 10, 2024

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.
by As told to Marta Jewson October 9, 2024 Updated October 9, 2024

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.
by Arthur Hunter Jr. October 8, 2024 Updated October 21, 2024

The majority-Black districts that became Cancer Alley

Lifelong residents of St. James Parish will speak in federal court on Monday about how parish officials and ordinances have, for generations, explicitly directed industrial plants into predominantly Black neighborhoods.
by Delaney Dryfoos October 6, 2024 Updated April 14, 2025
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Behind the Lens episode 252: ‘Bleeding out’

Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications under lock and key. Delaney Dryfoos on a Mississippi River mayors agreement.
by Carolyne Heldman October 4, 2024 Updated October 4, 2024

Turning schools into ‘miniature fiefdoms’ where leaders feel free to make and break rules 

It’s become an all-too-familiar lament in New Orleans that the charter school system lacks accountability and transparency.
by Sarah Stickney Murphy October 3, 2024 Updated October 3, 2024

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