Leaked emails show the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools landed a meeting with the Labor Secretary, who assuaged short-term concerns. Long-run worries remain though.

With OPSB slated to decide the fate of Leah Chase School tonight, school parents, along with the Chase family itself, are ...

For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens ...

A month later, ICE officials presented him with voluntary departure papers. He says they told him that he’d be flown free-of-charge to Honduras – and ICE would pay him $1,000. Plus, he’d be able to ...

NOLA Public Schools debates closing Leah Chase School, raising questions about charter governance, school closures, and equity for Black and Latino students.

As ICE enforcement intensifies under “Catahoula Crunch,” New Orleanians shelter in place, prepare contingency plans, and ...

Recent legal changes, a Trump-friendly governor and a large immigration detention infrastructure could make the New Orleans ...

For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens ...

A physician reflects on nature’s healing power and the deep public-health harms facing Louisiana communities in places like Cancer Alley, where industrial pollution threatens lives.

Air Products’ proposed carbon-capture and hydrogen project threatens the Maurepas Swamp and surrounding Louisiana communities with dangerous CO₂ pipelines, industrial noise, and long-term ecological ...