Behind The Lens

Delaney Dryfoos a federal rule to eliminate lead pipes in the next decade. Nick Chrastil on changes to federal welfare money. Jay Marcano on the call for Tulane University to divest from fossil fuels. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 256: ‘A Tricky Endeavor’

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Delaney Dryfoos on a wharf redevelopment in the Lower 9th Ward. Marta Jewson on Louisiana AG's decision to join a lawsuit targeting transgender men and women, and broader civil rights. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 255: ‘Civil rights at risk’

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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. [...]

Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 254: ‘It’s scary, dangerous’

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Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the Jackson Parish Jail housing kids without the required license to do so. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 253: ‘Mace with no warning’

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Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications under lock and key. Delaney Dryfoos on a Mississippi River mayors agreement. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 252: ‘Bleeding out’

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Delaney Dryfoos on the continuing homeowners insurance crisis for Louisianans, and one politicians proposal to fix it. Marta Jewson reflects on covering school closures. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 250: ‘Insurance Crisis’

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A conversation with independent scholar and writer Deborah G. Plant on her book Of Greed and Glory.

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Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 249: ‘An America of enslavement’

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Sara Sneath on the fossil fuel industry's relationship with Louisiana universities. Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on Rooted School's guaranteed income study. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 248: ‘They’ve harmed our public health’

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Delaney Dryfoos and Katy Reckdahl on Formosa's proposed plastic complex in St. James Parish. And Greenfield's retreat from its plans for an $800 million grain terminal. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 247: ‘Cumulative emissions’

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Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on a court of appeals' ruling in favor of three young Black men stopped by security district officers. Marta Jewson on a new sunshine law. [...]

Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 246: ‘unreasonable doubt’

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