When a giant falls, how do we honor him?
After the passing of Jerome “Big Duck” Smith, how must we as a community honor his legacy?
Tag: New Orleans
The Voices in Our World: “I See Potential in My Life”
A series by Louisiana for Children’s Rights, in partnership with The Lens, that elevates the voices and experiences of Black youth currently or formerly detained in the Orleans Parish juvenile jail
As one in five Louisiana families lose SNAP, N.O. schools brace for free lunch impact
More than 90% of Orleans public schools automatically offer free breakfast and lunch to all students due to high SNAP enrollment rates. With Louisiana SNAP cutting 1 in 5 recipients, school cafeterias could also be serving fewer free meals.
Katrina 21: Care forgot. We didn’t.
Twenty-one years after Katrina, New Orleans is still here — not because we can take a beating, but because we keep choosing one another.
Climate denial is not an option: Louisiana needs the political will to act
Who is ICE arresting in Louisiana, and where? We broke it down.
ICE arrests in Louisiana have reached record highs, as more people without criminal histories are being detained.
When the school closes, what happens to the community?
On empty seats, full buildings and who gets left holding them.
While New Orleans invested in violence intervention, Baton Rouge made crippling cuts
Louisiana's two biggest cities took different paths: New Orleans funded community programs to historic success, while Baton Rouge shifted its priorities, leaving the program with little to no funding.
The Voices in Our World
A series by Louisiana for Children’s Rights, in partnership with The Lens, that elevates the voices and experiences of Black youth currently or formerly detained in the Orleans Parish juvenile jail
PODCAST: Why New Orleans keeps losing power in fair weather (Audio)
New Orleans experiences an exceptional number of fair-weather power outages as aging and failing equipment raises concerns across the city.
