New Orleans

America’s air monitors are disappearing, along with the power to expose polluters

Laws in Louisiana and other states now curb the use of community-collected data. In Louisiana, public air monitors are often located miles from major industrial polluters and fail to test for some of …

The Lens NOLA 16h ago Read Story ›
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 [.…

The Lens NOLA2d ago
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New Orleans

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. [...] Read More... from Katrina 21: Care forgot. We didn’t. The…

The Lens NOLA7d ago
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National

How the Heroic Response to 9/11 Went Awry

Twenty-five years later, it is important to step back from today’s cynicism and remember the heroism and national unity in the hours and days after the attacks.…

New York Times48m ago
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