“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) ...

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.

The main character in your story “Waiting” is simply referred to as the “old man.” He is incarcerated, and works as a gravedigger at the prison cemetery. He has come to hate just about everything ...

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.

Jordan Brown, 17, an award-winning debater and a senior at Delores T. Arthur School for Young Men, which closed on Friday after the charter school’s board surrendered its charter. For Jordan’s last ...

The narrow Holy Cross Historic District sits on high ground, spanning the Mississippi River side of the Lower 9th Ward, an area of town that’s isolated from the rest of New Orleans by the Industrial ...

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.

This week on Behind The Lens, 2025 is fast approaching and as we turn the last page on the calendar of 2024, we will take a look back at the stories that our reporters at The Lens view as the most ...

In October, healthcare advocates and providers in Louisiana filed suit, with hopes of barring the enforcement of Act 246, the law that reclassified two medications commonly used with medical abortions ...

Once completed, the Sewerage & Water Board’s new dedicated substation will draw power from Entergy’s transmission grid, eliminating the board’s need for most natural gas. Currently, SWBNO is a top ...

In April, after a new law mandated that 17-year-olds be treated as adults, some local jails struggled to keep youth separate from adults, as required by federal law. In East Baton Rouge, Sheriff Sid ...