Historic switch today to School Board highlights changes in New Orleans schools
MLK charter is the first eligible school to choose Orleans Parish School Board oversight.
A letter to the next Dylann Roof
Sure you've been screwed, white boy, but it wasn't by black people.
Lens and ProPublica win Edward R. Murrow Award for ‘Losing Ground’
It's our second national Murrow award in four years.
Preservation pit bull Bill Borah says new zoning code should trigger Master Plan update
In amending the Charter voters expressed disenchantment with pre-Katrina's ad hoc, special-interest-driven planning process.
Executions on hold for at least a year as Louisiana sorts out death penalty method
The ruling delays a child-killer’s execution, as well as four others on death row.
Lusher asks Attorney General if it must release the name of its admissions test
CEO Kathy Riedlinger says some parents could gain access to the test if they know its name.
ReNEW CEO encouraged retesting of students so network could get grant
Two school leaders at SciTech resigned last month for testing irregularities.
Politics of passing: Rachel Dolezal would have had an easier time of it in old New Orleans
Did a socially established white person ever assume a black identity, long-term, in the era before Rachel Dolezal? Apparently Voodoo queen Marie Laveau's lover did just that.
Six pieces by The Lens are finalists for New Orleans Press Club awards
Interactive work on Louisiana's disappearing coastline and other digital innovations are honored.
Lens asks judge to reconsider his ruling in public-records case against city and mayor
Civil District Court judge said the law is not "hard, fast and definite."
