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Behind The Lens is a weekly podcast from the team at The Lens, New Orleans' nonprofit investigative newsroom. Each week, our reporters take a close look at what they're covering in local politics, criminal justice, education and land use. Produced and hosted by Carolyne Heldman.
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Behind The Lens: Sunrise Foods sprinkler system raises fire code concerns in Lower 9th Ward (audio) (opens the original)
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In this episode of “Behind The Lens,” questions of public safety, regulatory oversight and neighborhood concern come into focus in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. Sunrise Foods International has received approval for a sprinkler system at a large grain-loading facility at the Alabo Wharf, despite the use of a system expressly forbidden by the state [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens: Sunrise Foods sprinkler system raises fire code concerns in Lower 9th Ward (audio) The post Behind The Lens: Su
Behind The Lens: SNAP cuts could threaten free school meals; New Orleans marks Black Education History Week (audio) (opens the original)
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Changes to federal food assistance and a new recognition of Black education history raise important questions about students, schools, and the history taught in New Orleans classrooms. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens: SNAP cuts could threaten free school meals; New Orleans marks Black Education History Week (audio) The post Behind The Lens: SNAP cuts could threaten free school meals; New Orleans marks Black Education History Week (audio) appeared first on The Lens .
Behind The Lens: Color or community? Supreme Court ruling reshapes Louisiana’s congressional map (audio) (opens the original)
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Journalist Emmanuel Felton talks about traveling through Louisiana’s disputed congressional district, examining the communities at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on racial gerrymandering, representation and political power. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens: Color or community? Supreme Court ruling reshapes Louisiana’s congressional map (audio) The post Behind The Lens: Color or community? Supreme Court ruling reshapes Louisiana’s congressional map (audio) appeared first on The
Behind The Lens Podcast: Contempt of court (audio) (opens the original)
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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 Enforcement official in contempt of court after the official twice ignored the judge’s orders. Reporter Delaney Nolan and The Lens editor Katy Reckdahl examine the [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens Podcast: Contempt of court (audio) The post Behind The Lens Podcast: Contempt of court (audio) appear
Behind The Lens Podcast: Clean slate and school bells (audio) (opens the original)
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Criminal justice reporter Bernard Smith looks at a law passed by the Louisiana Legislature three years ago to automatically clear eligible criminal records. Despite its promise of a cleaner slate, the effort has yet to get past the starting gate because of technological hurdles. Smith explains what is preventing the automatic record-clearing system from moving [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens Podcast: Clean slate and school bells (audio) The post Behind The Lens Podcast: Clean slate and s
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