Behind The Lens episode 110: Smooth, orderly and seamless
Cantrell ends furloughs for some employees. City schools move back to virtual. And older prisoners will soon get the vaccine.
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Behind The Lens episode 109: Slow news year
More ITEP requests from Folgers. Emails reveal more about NOPD's use of facial recognition. And a look back at The Lens' coverage of everything that was 2020.
Behind The Lens episode 108: We voted
A wrap on last week's election from our panel of reporters.
Behind The Lens episode 107: ‘But that isn’t true’
The Proposition 2 campaign. DA candidates pledge a comprehensive review of non-unanimous jury verdicts. The OPSB races. And rising COVID cases in schools.
Behind The Lens episode 106: No Thanks
NOPD using facial recognition software. Religious schools facing additional legal scrutiny after taking PPP loans. And non-unanimous jury verdicts — we haven't quite gotten past them.
Behind The Lens episode 105: Fair Share
The Kennedy HS lawsuit. City budget hearings in a tough year. A controversial tax proposal on the ballot. And New Orleans public defenders are demanding parity with the DA's office.
Behind The Lens episode 104: ‘Indefinitely and perpetually’
A wrap on Tuesday's local elections. (Those have actually ended.) And the Wisner Trust is back in the news again.
Behind The Lens episode 103: ‘Safeguarded and removed as far as humanly possible from any form of political influence’
The OPSB elections. Civil Service and the Mayor's Office. And more material witness warrants connected to a DA candidate.
Behind The Lens episode 102: God save the state and this honorable court
Material witness warrants and DA candidates. Sidney Torres and Civil District Court. And the possible end of a five-year-old consent decree over the city's schools.
Behind The Lens episode 101: Dual reporting
A critical report on special education at a New Orleans charter school. Furloughs for thousands of city employees. An ordinance that could limit city surveillance. And a court hearing in the Phase III jail dispute.
