By Sandra Stokes, The Lens contributing opinion writer | The sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina reminds us, as a community, how resilient we are, how we can work together to find solutions to the challenges we face. It coincides with another anniversary. Three years ago the Foundation for Historical Louisiana released its study on the […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use, Opinion
Oops. Roofless Treme transplant now missing rear wall as well
Already stripped of its roof and detailing, the rear wall of the Treme shotgun fell off over the weekend. Photo by Karen Gadbois. By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Most have been stripped of their roofs and architectural detail. Some have had upper stories cut off in order to squeeze them under electrical […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Meeting of the Board of Directors
Advocates for Science & Mathematics Education, Inc. AUGUST 11, 2011 4:30 P. M. SCI HIGH, Rm. 115 AGENDA Call to Order Approval of the Minutes Sybil Financial Report Barbara School Director’s Reports Barbara Report of the Chair Mary Formal adoption of digest of the minutes Report from the Foundation Erica Committee Reports Other Business
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council learns about open-records laws as they prepare to appoint interim member
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | The New Orleans City Council’s commitment to openness and transparency wavered a bit Thursday as it considered the process to fill the soon-to-be-open seat of Arnie Fielkow. At least three of the seven council members wondered whether it is a good idea or necessary to make public […]
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Lower 9th Ward residents tell mayor to speed progress or lose their votes at next election
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | A week after Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced he will spend $45 million on street repairs in the Lower 9th Ward, residents said the Landrieu administration has many more promises left to deliver on. “If you expect residents to return, there must be faster progress on the infrastructure […]
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Clarkson offends crowd with remarks praising '50s as a golden age, refuses to apologize
Update 9/1: Clarkson issued a statement Wednesday night stating that she is “sorry that there were a handful of people in the crowd that didn’t appreciate what I’ve done for them.” By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | Marguerite Blunt, 91, remembers the 1950s as a time when she couldn’t enter restaurants through the […]
Posted inOpinion
Problems at Blair Grocery's farm/school follow a familiar pattern
By Evan Casper-Futterman, The Lens contributing opinion writer | I was saddened by Ariella Cohen’s feature on problems at Blair Grocery’s urban farm and school because, without ever setting foot on the property or meeting its leader, Nat Turner, I felt an intimate familiarity with the situation Cohen identified. As a volunteer with another post-Katrina non-profit […]
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Gung ho for demolition: FEMA pays, but neighborhoods lose
By Brad Vogel, The Lens contributing opinion writer | Over the weekend, David Simon, creator of HBO’s Treme, publicly critiqued the city’s ongoing blight fight. Addressing the sixth annual Rising Tide conference, he noted how odd it was to see politicians standing in front of demolitions crowing about progress. Referring to a spat with the […]
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Recent London riots insult the memory of Katrina's greater toll
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | After plenty of research, reporting and countless conversations on the riots in England, it is my considered opinion as a native Englishman with dual U.S. citizenship, that sometimes, weird things just happen, and that the riots in England were just that: weird. I arrived back in Blighty […]
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The Lens kicks off new Charter School Reporting Corp, plus community-sourcing effort
The Lens announced the kickoff of its newest initiative, the Charter School Reporting Corps, at its latest salon on Thursday. Charter school stakeholders crowded the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities building to hear our plans for covering board meetings of the 45 school boards that govern the 65 public charter schools in New Orleans. Along […]