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Keeping a Lid on Carnival Trash

They put out recycling bins and picked up cans during and after parades. In the end, this group of plucky nonprofit groups, with support from the city’s Recycle Dat! initiative, tripled the recycling totals for Uptown parades, diverting an impressive amount of trash from the River Birch landfill.
by Delaney Dryfoos February 22, 2024 Updated February 27, 2024

Civil Rights Icon in a Gown

In 1966, Karen Becnel made civil-rights history, as the first Black Carnival queen to be presented at Municipal Auditorium – a place where her grandfather had helped to dress the kings of the traditional old-line krewes like Rex and Comus.
by Kelly Dorsey Parker February 12, 2024 Updated April 30, 2024

Shoebox Floats Everywhere

by Marta Jewson February 11, 2024 Updated May 7, 2024

From Back-a-Town to St. Charles, on Foot.

As my mom and two aunts prepared food for us 10 cousins, we worried that we were missing out on the fun on St. Charles Avenue. We weren’t worried about seeing Rex, the krewe that parades after Zulu. In the eyes of a 10-year-old, that was boring.
by Chuck Perkins February 10, 2024 Updated April 30, 2024

The Sting of Fake Tomahawks

by La'Shance Perry February 9, 2024 Updated May 7, 2024

Gun-arrest data raises questions about profiling

by Nick Chrastil February 8, 2024 Updated February 21, 2024

Formosa Plastics gets air permits back, but a few hurdles remain

Advocates still hope to block the permits for Formosa’s proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, a community at the heart of new research into the health effects of air pollution.
by Delaney Dryfoos February 8, 2024 Updated February 8, 2024

Behind The Lens episode 229: ‘Backtracking on promises’

by Carolyne Heldman February 8, 2024 Updated February 8, 2024

District Attorney Jason Williams will cede some New Orleans cases to state prosecutors. What does that mean for criminal justice in the city?

As state police make arrests in New Orleans, the state AG will prosecute the cases, through a new strange-bedfellows partnership between Williams and Gov. Jeff Landry.
by Nick Chrastil February 5, 2024 Updated February 6, 2024

Behind The Lens episode 228: ‘The river knows what to do’

Marshland restoration is underway in Barataria Basin. Lafayette Academy families are still trying to catch their breath after the district told them their school would close — and then reversed its decision. A parade celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., returned to its historic route on St. Claude Avenue this year.
by Carolyne Heldman February 2, 2024 Updated February 2, 2024

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