George was found shot to death on Piety Street on Oct. 21. News reports picked up on his membership in Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, and subsequent reports say he may have been involved in an armed robbery. Are these the facts that really matter?
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Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Readying workforce for the boom: a challenge that’s also a huge opportunity
“We are experiencing growing pains — because, for the first time in about 40 years, we are growing.”
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Cutting to the core of Jindal’s flip-flop on aligning schools with national standards
“Jindal has offered his hand to a Stepford wife, a conservative suburbanite, a Mrs. Brady.”
Posted inEnvironment, Events
Highlights from our expert panel on how to pay for coastal restoration (video)
Kyle Graham, head of the state’s coastal restoration authority, predicted some kind of settlement, some day, with the oil and gas industry. Tulane’s Mark Davis said local government needs to set the right example in how it builds roads and deals with sinking land.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
So what if Holy Cross towers defy the zoning code — it’s only the Lower Ninth
Even cut back to 60 feet, the towers would be half again as tall as current zoning allows.
Posted inOpinion
A Kale of Two Cities: the magical New Orleans and the Americanist version
The national press shows that it’s not really interested in New Orleanian self-analysis. Apparently we’re not qualified.
Posted inOpinion
Rethinking Ray Nagin: His greatest accomplishment was his re-election
Nagin tapped into something buried deep in the electorate’s psyche. But what? Racial code? Reformer fairy dust?
Posted inInside the News Room
With major funders shifting focus from New Orleans, The Lens needs your donations
Support public-interest journalism so we can keep an eye on powerful people and institutions.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Talk of reusing Charity Hospital building is familiar to preservationists
Study showed the building could’ve been rehabbed for a modern hospital for less than it cost to build the new one.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Police chief, council differ on raises, though talk is just hypothetical
Also, City Council members push to have 311 become more responsive to citizen complaints.