"Alice saved my life," neighbors say. In 2007, Alice Craft-Kerney helped to launch a post-Katrina clinic that was invaluable ...

Emails show that state officials considered creating a shelter in a barge moored in Industrial Canal — and that prominent ...

"As a researcher who has closely observed, personally experienced local struggles," says the writer, Bethany Garfield, "it’s ...

The Lens spent January talking to Lower 9th Ward residents to tell their stories, narratives a Super Bowl committee wanted to ...

Orleans Parish School Board finance chair Olin Parker, alongside 30 officials, speaks to reporters at a joint press conference of the Orleans Parish School Board and New Orleans City Council after New ...

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This is the introduction to a five-story project, The Lens’ Embracing Katrina Narratives project. Last summer, in July, a group of influential New Orleanians gathered, with hopes of preparing the city ...

After an insinuation made by a Super Bowl planning committee, reporters from The Lens asked Lower 9 residents what Super Bowl ...

This is the introduction to a five-story project, The Lens’ Embracing Katrina Narratives project. Last summer, in July, a ...

This week on Behind The Lens, Super Bowl LIX is fast approaching and New Orleans will host tens of thousands for the game, and hundreds of millions are expected to watch on TV. With so much attention ...