Behind The Lens: Episode 201
Reporter Katy Reckdahl, talks about strip searches at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, and education reporter Marta Jewson discusses changes to how charter schools are evaluated.
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Behind The Lens episode 200
Reporter Joshua Rosenberg talks about a lawsuit in St. John the Baptist Parish seeking to force the company proposing a new grain elevator in the area to pay $200 million in taxes on the project. Reporter Nick Chrastil speaks about the controversy over what records the Orleans Parish Sheriff is and isn't turning over related to use of force at the jail
Neighborhoods Watched: A discussion with the reporters
Reporters Michael Isaac Stein and Caroline Sinders talk about their five-part series on surveillance in New Orleans.
COVID-19: Mayor Cantrell’s Friday news conference (audio excerpts)
Mayor LaToya Cantrell held a news conference at 4:00 PM Friday to discuss city measures to counter the spread of the coronavirus in New Orleans. We provide this clip of the mayor and Health Commissioner Jennifer Avegno for our podcast listeners.
The city’s $2 billion program to repair streets and infrastructure doesn’t include innovative water management
Officials are eager to start spending $2 billion dollars on infrastructure repairs, but say they’ll look for ways to build more resiliently in the coming years
Audio: As the city addresses flooding, residents take matters into their own hands
Audio: Coastal erosion threatens the levees that protect the city
Experts say New Orleans officials need to need to come to terms with what it means to be a coastal city.
Audio: When it comes to stormwater management, New Orleans’ road projects are behind the times
A FEMA-funded program to repair roads is meant to put things back the way they were, not make them better.
Audio: How prepared is New Orleans for stronger storms and extreme temperatures?
Check back every day this week for a new story in the series, "New Orleans: Ready or Not?"
Einstein students are being bused to school, but families say there are bumps in the road
Until last week, the charter group handed out public transit vouchers. The school district said that wasn’t good enough.
