Behind The Lens

Bernard Smith and Katy Reckdahl on the men trapped in the Orleans Parish Prison and Broad Street Bridge in the wake of the levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina that flooded New Orleans. [...]

Read More... from Episode 282: Orleans Parish Prison after the storm ‘We’re still in here’

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Longtime environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein on the federal flood after the U.S. Army Corps’ levees failed and flooded 80 percent of the city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Delaney Nolan on ongoing corrosion that could undermine the system again. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 281 part II: ‘Completely inadequate’

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Longtime Times-Picayune environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein on the federal flood after the U.S. Army Corps' levees failed and flooded 80 percent of the city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 281 part I: ‘Completely inadequate’

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Reporter Marta Jewson, educator Deborah Richardson and advocate Ashana Bigard on John McDonogh High School's demise after a Los Angeles-based charter group took control. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 281: ‘Crumbling’

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Bernard Smith on conditions at Angola as heat alerts persist across the country. Gus Bennett on Essence Fest's rapid expansion — and questions about who it's serving. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 280: ‘The licensing of Essence’

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Delaney Dryfoos on what the Alabo Street Wharf development may mean for neighbors. Matthew Wollenweber on NOPD's use of surveillance, including 5,000 cameras and partnerships that use facial recognition technology. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 279: ‘Incompetent or lying’

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Matt McBride on a controversial candidate for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. Marta Jewson on how state standardized test scores should serve the children who take the tests. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 278: ‘Failed to file’

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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. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 277: ‘Hotter, hotter and hotter’

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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. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 276: ‘Breathing poison air’

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Mizani Ball on ethnographic dancer Chipo Kandake on her history of American music performance. Marta Jewson on improving literacy scores for young Louisiana students. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 275: ‘Snake hips’

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