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Reporter Bernard Smith and Editor Katy Reckdahl break down a new program that provides tablets to incarcerated individuals. And a recent ruling to protect Angola's Farm Line workers. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 274: ‘Human decency’

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Delaney Dryfoos on the the largest new delta in North America. Marta Jewson on how the decentralized New Orleans school district caught one special education student in the lurch between NOLA Public Schools and KIPP New Orleans. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 273: ‘Caught in the lurch’

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Delaney Dryfoos on the Calcasieu River's concerning pollution. Marta Jewson on Lycee's $400k property tax bill and the city's offer to settle a lawsuit with the school board. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 272: ‘Growing threat’

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Nick Chastil and Katy Reckdahl on working conditions at Angola's Farm Line, with an eye on summer heat, and execution in Louisiana, following the first state execution in more than a decade. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 271: ‘Death warrant’

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Education reporter Marta Jewson on the state's request that the courts free them from a special education consent decree, the city council seeks to send $10m to schools and NOLA Public Schools has a new superintendent. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 270: ‘The wrong schools’

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This week, two St. James Parish residents who recently wrote a piece for the Lens on their families’ deep roots in the region and how local histories like their own are threatened by the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Barbara Washington and Gail LeBoeuf are co-founders and co-directors of Inclusive Louisiana, a local organization dedicated [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 269: ‘They are not forgotten’

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Mizani Ball on family and friends settling in to their traditional parade watching spots on the route. Katy Reckdahl on a Black Masking Indian continuing his father's tradition. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 266 Carnival Part II: ‘The best spot on Fat Tuesday’

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Special guest Ned Randolph on Entergy's proposal to build a massive AI data center in an impoverished section of north Louisiana that Meta is eyeing. Nick Chrastil on the state's push to use nitrogen hypoxia for executions. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 268: ‘Cruel and unusual’

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Mizani Ball and Marta Jewson on how Mardi Gras Day parade route changes affected local businesses and marching bands. Delaney Dryfoos on Venture Global's expansion plans amid its spotty environmental compliance record. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 267: ‘Young, Black, vibrant’

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Nick Chrastil on how gun laws clash during Carnival, including on the parade route. Delaney Dryfoos on krewes' efforts to make parades greener. And Marta Jewson on high school marching bands — and their budgets. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 266 Carnival Part I: ‘Throw less, throw better’

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