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Category: Behind The Lens

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Behind The Lens episode 277: ‘Hotter, hotter and hotter’

Bernard Smith on New Orleans' notorious House of Detention and protections for Angola's Farm Line workers in summer heat. Marta Jewson on a student's suspension pending a mental health eval — a flagarent violation of special education law.
by Carolyne Heldman July 11, 2025 Updated July 11, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 276: ‘Breathing poison air’

Delaney Dryfoos on Louisiana's decidion to classify natural gas, a fossil fuel, as "green energy." Brian Bienkowski on air pollutants effects on pregnant women and findings about early labor.
by Carolyne Heldman June 27, 2025 Updated June 27, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 275: ‘Snake hips’

Mizani Ball on ethnographic dancer Chipo Kandake on her history of American music performance. Marta Jewson on improving literacy scores for young Louisiana students.
by Carolyne Heldman June 23, 2025 Updated June 24, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 274: ‘Human decency’

Reporter Bernard Smith and Editor Katy Reckdahl break down a new program that provides tablets to incarcerated individuals. And a recent ruling to protect Angola's Farm Line workers.
by Carolyne Heldman June 13, 2025 Updated June 13, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 273: ‘Caught in the lurch’

Delaney Dryfoos on the the largest new delta in North America. Marta Jewson on how the decentralized New Orleans school district caught one special education student in the lurch between NOLA Public Schools and KIPP New Orleans.
by Carolyne Heldman May 16, 2025 Updated May 16, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 272: ‘Growing threat’

Delaney Dryfoos on the Calcasieu River's concerning pollution. Marta Jewson on Lycee's $400k property tax bill and the city's offer to settle a lawsuit with the school board.
by Carolyne Heldman May 9, 2025 Updated May 9, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 271: ‘Death warrant’

Nick Chastil and Katy Reckdahl on working conditions at Angola's Farm Line, with an eye on summer heat, and execution in Louisiana, following the first state execution in more than a decade.
by Carolyne Heldman April 17, 2025 Updated April 17, 2025
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Behind The Lens episode 270: ‘The wrong schools’

Education reporter Marta Jewson on the state's request that the courts free them from a special education consent decree, the city council seeks to send $10m to schools and NOLA Public Schools has a new superintendent.
by Carolyne Heldman April 11, 2025 Updated April 11, 2025
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Behind the Lens episode 269: ‘They are not forgotten’

by Carolyne Heldman March 28, 2025 Updated March 28, 2025
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Behind the Lens episode 266 Carnival Part II: ‘The best spot on Fat Tuesday’

Mizani Ball on family and friends settling in to their traditional parade watching spots on the route. Katy Reckdahl on a Black Masking Indian continuing his father's tradition.
by Carolyne Heldman March 27, 2025 Updated March 27, 2025

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