“I bought a Black Liberation Flag and hung it in my cube above my rack, as we called our beds. Someone wasn’t pleased.”
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Live blog Thursday: Landrieu holds public meeting on city finances in Lakeview
Meetings in Lakeview often focus on its roads, which are among the worst in the city.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Levees vs. logic: Rigging federal flood insurance rates is dumb and dangerous
Don’t be fooled. Average safety is not the same thing as actual safety.
Posted inEvents, Inside the News Room
Come here often? Join The Lens for our News ‘n’ Brews happy hour
Let us buy you a drink Tuesday, starting at 5:30.
Posted inSchools
Parents forum at Dillard highlighted frustration with, appreciation for, schools
Organizers hope local voices will be included in national conversation about charter schools.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Monumental decision: Who should be honored in place of the Confederates?
We should have the courage to acknowledge more of our history than what’s safe and cuddly and good for tourism.
Posted inEnvironment
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New Orleans was correct
For years we’ve heard that 80 percent of New Orleans flooded in Katrina. Is it true? Yes, if you include flooding from the storm surge and the levee breaks.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Scramble for variances already making a mockery of the city’s new zoning code
The new CZO could end up being little more than a ream of wasted paper.
Posted inEnvironment
The BP settlement is only a downpayment on the massive coastal restoration bill
The settlement provides assured, quick money, but far less than advocates hoped.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Live blog: Landrieu brings budget meeting to Central City on day 3 for District B
Public defenders continued their push Tuesday, and Algiers residents complained of new riverfront zoning.