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Behind The Lens: ICE detention, court access and federal intervention in Louisiana (Audio)
Published: July 17, 2026 11:54
Reporter Delaney Nolan and editor Katy Reckdahl examine the surge in ICE activity across Louisiana. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens: ICE detention, court access and federal intervention in Louisiana (Audio) The post Behind The Lens: ICE detention,…
Black and white Louisiana churches split over $250B Meta data center
https://thelensnola.org/2026/07/17/meta-data-center-louisiana-churches-faith-racial-inequality/
Published: July 17, 2026 11:01
As Meta’s massive AI data center, the most expensive in the nation, transforms rural Richland Parish, Louisiana's Black and white churches are divided over whether technological progress represents a God-given opportunity or a powerful new force likely to…
Science Is Under Attack. But Scientists Are Speaking Up
https://thelensnola.org/2026/07/16/science-is-under-attack-but-scientists-are-speaking-up/
Published: July 16, 2026 14:11
If a new federal rule is enacted, the administration could deny research grant applications related to life-saving issues like vaccine safety, climate science, and LGBTQ+ health. [...] Read More... from Science Is Under Attack. But Scientists Are Speaking…
Honor student jailed, barred from graduation after unsubstantiated social media threat allegation
Published: July 15, 2026 11:01
A police search of the 14-year-old’s phone uncovered no proof of a threat, sparking outrage from local activists over the school’s response. [...] Read More... from Honor student jailed, barred from graduation after unsubstantiated social media threat…
The fields confessed
https://thelensnola.org/2026/07/14/angola-prison-labor-extreme-heat-louisiana-slavery-loophole/
Published: July 14, 2026 11:01
A federal judge agreed that Angola works men into the ground in unconstitutional heat. Then he said he could not make it stop. “The fields did not change,” writes Andrea Hagan. “The law that was supposed to govern them did.” [...] Read More... from The…
Veto of Louisiana bill leaves exonerees facing payment caps
https://thelensnola.org/2026/07/13/veto-of-louisiana-bill-leaves-exonerees-facing-payment-caps/
Published: July 13, 2026 11:01
Greg Bright served 27.5 wrongful years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary; started getting innocence compensation in 2011 after proving his factual innocence; his payments are scheduled to end in September. (Photo by Gus Bennett / The Lens) [...] Read…
Behind The Lens: False claims, Real consequences: Why an Iberia parish solar farm never got built (audio)
https://thelensnola.org/2026/07/10/beria-parish-solar-farm-misinformation/
Published: July 11, 2026 00:55
A proposed solar farm in Iberia Parish promised millions in local tax revenue and a boost for Louisiana's clean energy future. Instead, a misinformation campaign fueled public opposition that helped bring the project to a halt. [...] Read More... from…
Baton Rouge Immigration Court opens to public— and denies it was ever closed
Published: July 10, 2026 17:58
As witnesses from Baton Rouge join a federal lawsuit, a Louisiana immigration judge instructs her staff to allow the public to observe court hearings. Denials were never court policy, she asserts. [...] Read More... from Baton Rouge Immigration Court…
New immigration rules require almost-unattainable evidence for many abuse survivors
Published: July 9, 2026 11:01
Advocates say stricter immigration documentation requirements ignore the realities of abuse, prompting concerns that victims will be denied protection. [...] Read More... from New immigration rules require almost-unattainable evidence for many abuse…
A New Orleans Katrina kid takes the head office at Warren Easton
https://thelensnola.org/2026/07/07/a-new-orleans-katrina-kid-takes-the-head-office-at-warren-easton/
Published: July 7, 2026 23:35
Incoming principal Kendall McManus-Thomas returns to Easton as a pathbreaker who grew up in pre-Katrina schools, experienced the disaster and all of its chaos as a displaced high school student, and went on to become the first Black man to head up Franklin…