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In a lawsuit about a slaughterhouse that once stood at the Alabo site, the U.S. Supreme Court first interpreted the 14...
12/08/2025

In a lawsuit about a slaughterhouse that once stood at the Alabo site, the U.S. Supreme Court first interpreted the 14th Amendment, which later became pivotal in civil rights rulings, and led to four little 9th Ward girls desegregating the first public schools in the Deep South.

✍ Dr. Mary Berry and Dr. Melinda Chateauvert

Full Story 🔗: https://thelensnola.org/2025/08/12/lets-acknowledge-the-alabo-wharfs-place-in-history/

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10/08/2025

🎧In episode 280 of 🎙️ Gus Bennett unpacks how one of New Orleans’ biggest summer festivals has grown, blurred the line between culture and commerce, and sparked debate about its true purpose. Is this still about the community, or has it become something else entirely?
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We're not owned by a media conglomerate.We don’t answer to advertisers.We work for you.The Lens is a nonprofit newsroom ...
09/08/2025

We're not owned by a media conglomerate.
We don’t answer to advertisers.
We work for you.

The Lens is a nonprofit newsroom committed to journalism in the public interest.

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08/08/2025

🚨NEW EPISODE!! On this week’s episode of the 🎙️ we take you inside the heatwave gripping the country — and the brutal conditions incarcerated men are facing at Angola Prison. Are we ignoring a humanitarian crisis?👀 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts🎧 🔍

"As a performance artist, published playwright, and interdisciplinary troublemaker, I channel my intrinsic immigrant c...
05/08/2025

"As a performance artist, published playwright, and interdisciplinary troublemaker, I channel my intrinsic immigrant courage and dare to remember in a culture often submerged in amnesia and cyber misinformation."

✍ José Torres-Tama Jose Torres-Tama

Full Story 🔗: https://thelensnola.org/2025/08/05/no-papers-no-fear/

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02/08/2025

🚨NEW EPISODE!! On this week’s episode of 🎙️Sunrise Foods wants to turn the Alabo Street Wharf into the first organic port in the U.S.🌱⚓️ But residents say they've been left in the dark. What does "revitalization" really mean when the community isn't part of the conversation?🧐
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What’s happening at your child’s school?Where’s the infrastructure money going?Who’s making decisions that affect your n...
02/08/2025

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