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Jan 2, 2025 · ‘A make-believe person in a make-believe world’ “I keep paper and pen with me at all times because, like the most dynamic dreams, creativity is as wispy as Louisiana mist and dissipates quickly if not seized,” writes John Corley, associate editor of the Angolite, who says that, in his mind, he still lives in 1989, ‘the year I fell.’
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Dec 26, 2024 · The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.
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Dec 26, 2024 · “I keep paper and pen with me at all times because, like the most dynamic dreams, creativity is as wispy as Louisiana mist and dissipates quickly if not seized,” writes John Corley, associate editor of the Angolite, who says that, in his mind, he still lives in 1989, ‘the year I …
Compare 2024 school performance scores for New Orleans charters
Nov 20, 2024 · Though its score climbed a little, the NOLA Public Schools district received the same grade, a C, from the state of Louisiana for the third year in a row. The state’s A-F letter grades are particularly high-stakes for 12 charters, who …
‘Servitude’ | The Lens
Jan 2, 2025 · Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited except in the latter case as punishment for a crime.—Louisiana Constitution Article 1, § 3 . EVERY MORNING AT 5 O’CLOCK SHARP, Slim is roused from sleep by the overhead fluorescents that a guard outside the dormitory switches on at the breaker.Slim is 63, blind in one eye, suffering from cirrhosis and diabetes, thin as a rail.
Waiting. | The Lens
Dec 26, 2024 · The old man hated the cold. Hated how it seeped into his bones and dried his skin, made his knees and elbows hurt, sometimes his lower back. He hated standing by the sally port gate and rubbing his hands, waiting for his ride to come with a thick pillow of fog lying just off the ground out across the open fields, so he knew he would have to wait a while longer.
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Jan 2, 2025 · “Nova,” by Jacob Kainen, 1977, watercolor and pastel with ink marker and pen and black ink on wove paper. (Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington ...
Louisiana could be out billions, if controversial coastal-restoration ...
Nov 11, 2024 · Scientists push for project completion . A group of more than 30 scientists around Louisiana recently co-authored a letter in support of CPRA’s Coastal Master Plan in the wake of news about the threat from the federal government.. The Barataria Basin in Plaquemines Parish is the site of a nearly $3 billion project to reconnect the Mississippi River to the estuary to restore wetlands and ...
Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice to end contract with troubled ...
Nov 25, 2024 · ‘Nothing short of scheming’ Back in August, OJJ claimed in a court filing that it is no longer utilizing the Jackson Parish Jail as a state secure-care facility.. But the jail still holds some individuals who are — to some degree, at least — within OJJ custody.
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Jan 2, 2025 · The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.