Grain Terminal in the Lower 9: ‘It’s not going to be good for us.’
The Port of New Orleans plans to “revitalize” the Alabo Street Wharf into a terminal for organic grain. Neighbors in Holy Cross are concerned about grain dust, pests, rodents and a steady line of railcars passing right outside their doors.
Recent Posts
Louisiana AG sues feds to undo longstanding disability protections
Because of objections to a federal rule protecting gender dysphoria, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to invalidate Section 504, the disability law best known for providing support for public school students.
Louisiana may be forced to change how it allots welfare money
A proposed Biden-administration regulation change could bar the state from using federal dollars for child-protective investigations, controversial crisis pregnancy centers, and reduce the amount to pre-K.
Lead pipes, another New Orleans legacy
As the federal government announces a rule to eliminate all lead pipes within the next decade, tests by the Water Collaborative found lead within drinking water at 88% of New Orleans homes tested.
Can Tulane shed its fossil fuel investments?
To convince Tulane University to divest from fossil fuels, students say, they must fight geography, history, and the school’s academic partnerships with industry.
Pregnant in Louisiana Now, After Roe Fell
She is now past her first trimester and doing well. But after two miscarriages, she is aware that a new Louisiana law blocks crucial care for her, if – ‘god forbid’ – something goes wrong.
The majority-Black districts that became Cancer Alley
Lifelong residents of St. James Parish will speak in federal court on Monday about how parish officials and ordinances have, for generations, explicitly directed industrial plants into predominantly Black neighborhoods.
opinion
Promises Unfulfilled: The Politics of School Choice
Amid questioning from parents who cannot find good schools to enroll in, school-choice advocates need to find more and more avenues to advance their mantra, to hold on to it.
Stepping up for New Orleans workers, on Tuesday’s ballot
“People tell me they’re tired of working for minimum wage and not being able to afford the basics. Elected officials beg for their votes, promising this-and-that, and then disappear to serve the interests of the powerful.”
Helping young people leap hurdles
A group of talented young African American men had little hope that the city could help them – until they learned the ways that the city could change.
Turning schools into ‘miniature fiefdoms’ where leaders feel free to make and break rules
It’s become an all-too-familiar lament in New Orleans that the charter school system lacks accountability and transparency.
PODCAST
Behind The Lens episode 254: ‘It’s scary, dangerous’
Marta Jewson and La’Shance Perry on their interview with a women about what it’s like to be pregnant in Louisiana after the fall of Roe. Delaney Dryfoos on St. James residents’ fight against industry.
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