New Orleans

Climate denial is not an option: Louisiana needs the political will to act

New Orleanians left with only our tenacity after Hurricane Katrina 21 years ago, stepped up with ingenuity and solutions. Now it’s up to our elected officials. If they don’t step up soon, we will lose…

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New Orleans

Behind The Lens Podcast: Contempt of court (audio)

This week on Behind The Lens, a federal judge takes an extraordinary step in response to the illegal detention of an Ethiopian man living in the United States, holding an Immigration and Customs Enfor…

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New Orleans

When the school closes, what happens to the community?

On empty seats, full buildings and who gets left holding them. [...] Read More... from When the school closes, what happens to the community? The post When the school closes, what happens to the commu…

The Lens NOLA5d ago
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New Orleans

Loud enough for Washington to hear

Residents of the enclaves of District 6 carry a shared inheritance: cancer, pennies-an-hour wages, broken sewer lines, and highways aimed at their front doors. When divided into separate voting distri…

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National

Six Takeaways From the Massachusetts Primaries

Senator Ed Markey, 80, trounced a younger challenger who had made an argument for generational change. Two other longtime Democratic lawmakers hung on, too.…

New York Times57m ago
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