By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Racial crossover voting and low black voter turnout appear to be the keys to City Councilwoman Stacy Head’s narrow victory Saturday in the election for an at-large seat. Head, who is white, won far fewer pre... »
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | The Orleans Parish School Board has announced next year’s school building assignments and schools’ long-term homes for the 17 schools they govern. Some changes may be news to parents, though others were deta... »
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | A drawn-out battle over the right to gate a public street reached a milestone Tuesday when a Civil Court judge ruled in favor of keeping Newcomb Boulevard open. Residents of Newcomb Boulevard, a ritzy Uptown... »
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | After The Lens reported on a troubled education nonprofit that had lost the bulk of its federal funding, its embattled leader, Kyshun Webster, said that he, not the governmental service agency AmeriCorps, se... »
A nonprofit organization that earned acclaim tutoring students has drastically cut its programs because, former employees say, it lacked financial acumen and suffered from its leader’s extravagant spending. »
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hired the wife of Municipal Court Chief Judge Paul Sens as a real-estate appraiser about the same time the judge hired Gusman's wife. »
By Tom Gogola, The Lens staff writer | From Erin Brockovich to WikiLeaks, whistleblowers play a critical role in forcing transparency and accountability on corporate and public-sector shenanigans. New Orleans has had more than its share of shenanigans ... »
The most recent round of health inspections of public-school cafeterias show troubling conditions at some schools, including rat feces, roaches and flies. »
A personal friendship led Municipal Court’s chief judge to give Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s wife a no-bid deal worth more than $28,000 over the past 10 months for part-time work. »
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Only two of seven charter applications were tentatively approved by the Orleans Parish School Board Tuesday night, despite vigorous support by some board members and audience members. Encore Academy and Citi... »
By C.W. Cannon, The Lens contributing opinion writer | When I lived in Europe, I used to josh my British friends with a plan for Britain’s economic future (which looked dim at the time). I suggested that they tear down every structure built after the S... »
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | The Planning Commission as well as the general public logged late hours at City Hall Tuesday night. The occasion was an Amendments to the Master Plan meeting, and while it kicked off smartly at 6 p.m., it didn’... »
Despite Superfund status, government and private investors continue to dabble in doomed Desire neighborhood »
One in a series of conversations with New Orleans educators Andre Perry describes himself as an education “thought leader”. His work has run the gamut from advocacy for immigrant education rights to university professor to chief executive of a charter ... »
By Mark Moseley, The Lens opinion writer | While in Alabama over the holidays I was startled to see Louisiana Lt. Gov Jay Dardenne appear in a TV advertisement. He spoke directly into the camera and offered me the following deal: if the Alabama Crimson... »
