#TheLensNola🔍 Elliott Callier, who died last month at age 83, was known for his Super Fly swagger, fanciful stories, and his fat mellow sound on the tenor sax, which created a distinct New Orleans sound. ✍️ Katy Reckdahl Full article: buff.ly/AvT4LLn

#TheLensNola🔍 Georges is speaking of Meta, and how their perception of him impacts his efforts to get AI licensing contracts with the tech giant ✍️ By Drew Hawkins from Gulf States Newsroom, Delaney Nolan and Vivi Smilgius from The Lens Full article 🔗: buff.ly/aAWQX5F

#TheLensNola🔍 Georges dismissed concerns from some of his reporters that his embrace of Meta blurs the line between the news and business. ✍️ Drew Hawkins from Gulf States Newsroom, Delaney Nolan and Vivi Smilgius from The Lens Full article 🔗: buff.ly/lmhU66R

#TheLensNola🔍 The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our history. ✍️ Ari Berman and Pema Levy Full story 🔗: buff.ly/vTUaWKp #blackinjustice #louisiana #history

#TheLensNola🔍 Former EPA officials warn that rapid AI data center expansion, combined with weakened federal pollution safeguards, could increase health risks associated with air pollution… ✍️ Sophie Hurwitz, Mother Jones Full article 🔗: buff.ly/VJVzaWb

#TheLensNola🔍 Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements, which they argue will threaten people’s coverage… ✍️ Nada Hassanein, Stateline Full story 🔗: buff.ly/1M2hWlQ

#TheLensNola🔍 SpaceX’s planned launch facility in Vermilion Parish could transform South Louisiana while raising questions about impacts on coastal wetlands, migratory birds, wildlife and environment… ✍️ Stephen Marcentel, The Current Full story 🔗: buff.ly/SVQFIiG

#BehindTheLensPodcast🎙️ Changes to federal food assistance and a new recognition of Black education history raise important questions about students, schools, and the history taught in New Orleans classrooms. Ft. Vivi Smilgius Listen wherever you get your podcasts🎧

#TheLensNola🔍 As family and friends mourn the 18-year-old, supporters continue to push for answers in how he died while on a boat trip with friends. ✍️ Aallyah Wright, Capital B Full article 🔗: buff.ly/RFXxj9d #nolanwells #juryverdict #collegestudent

#OPINION Sometimes, being recognized for the community work you do gives you a moment to pause and ask an even bigger question: What happens when that same community needs its leaders to stand up for what’s right? ✍️ Dwayne "Prince" Holmes Jr Full article 🔗: buff.ly/2UVyB7i

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#TheLensNola🔍 Nonprofits like YEP, The 18th Ward, and Café Reconcile go beyond child care, keeping New Orleans kids active, connected, and reaching goals. ✍️ Vivi Smilgius Full story 🔗 in bio! #youthempowermentproject #neworleanskids #the18thward

#TheLensNola🔍 Students, teachers and neighbors gathered near Norman Mayer Library to remember the 14-year-old Abramson student and band member. ✍️ Gus Bennett Full article 🔗 in bio!

#TheLensNola🔍 An open letter to Mayor Helena Moreno and the New Orleans City Council. ✍️ Bruce Reilly Full article 🔗 in bio! #surveillance #neworleanscitycouncil #mayorhelenamoreno

#OPINION The jury room can risk becoming a mere numbers game — a race to a unanimous verdict that targets dissenting voices rather than thoroughly analyzing the testimony. ✍️ William C. Snowden Full article 🔗 in bio!

#TheLensNola🔍 The initiative brings New Orleans’ Civil Rights and education history to life during the third week of November with field trips, reenactments and social events. ✍️ Vivi Smilgius Full story 🔗 in bio! #blackeducationhistoryweek #neworleans

#TheLensNola🔍 Flaws in the plans for the warehouse's fire sprinkler system in the Lower 9 are “so egregious” they should not be permitted, one fire protection expert warned. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Full article 🔗 in bio! #sunrisefoods #firesprinklersystem #lower9

#OPINION After the passing of Jerome “Big Duck” Smith, how must we as a community honor his legacy? ✍️ Mizani Ball Read full article in bio #jeromesmith #legacy #neworleans #TheLensNola🔍

#BehindTheLensPodcast🎙️ Journalist Emmanuel Felton talks about traveling through Louisiana’s disputed congressional district, examining the communities at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on racial gerrymandering… Tune in wherever you get your podcast🎧

#TheLensNola🔍 A series by Louisiana for Children’s Rights, in partnership with The Lens, that elevates the voices and experiences of Black youth currently or formerly detained in the Orleans Parish juvenile jail. ✍️ Cierra Chenier with youth poets Full story 🔗 in bio

#TheLensNola🔍 More than 90% of Orleans public schools automatically offer free breakfast and lunch to all students due to high SNAP enrollment rates. With Louisiana SNAP cutting 1 in 5 recipients, school cafeterias could also be serving fewer free meals. ✍️ Vivi Smilgius Full story 🔗 in bio!

#TheLensNola🔍 Damari Eves was a 10th-grade horn player who played mellophone and baritone in Abe's band, known as the Beast from the East. In Gentilly, the close-knit Eves family is also mourning the sudden loss... ✍️ Gus Bennett Full story 🔗 in bio

#TheLensNola🔍 Abramson Sci Academy and the Gentilly community mourn 14-year-old band student Damari Eves, tragically killed in a traffic collision on his mini-bike. ✍️ Gus Bennett Full story 🔗 in bio

#OPINION Twenty-one years after Katrina, New Orleans is still here — not because we can take a beating, but because we keep choosing one another. ✍️ Kristyna Jones Read full article in bio! #hurricanekatrina #neworleans #communitysupport #TheLensNola🔍

#OPINION Black communities stretching across Louisiana did not suddenly become connected when legislators drew a congressional district around them. ✍️ Sen. Royce Duplessis Full article 🔗 in bio #senroyceduplessis #blackhistory #louisiana

#TheLensNola🔍 Environmental science students are exploring affordable alternatives that honor loved ones while protecting wildlife, waterways and local infrastructure. ✍️ Vivi Smilgius and Delaney Nolan Full article 🔗 in bio!

#OPINION Loss, tragedy, classism, and racism were flung in our faces. To solve this nation’s greatest sins, the country left us with only our willpower and tenacity. ✍️ Jessica Dandridge-Smith, The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans Full story 🔗 in bio

The court saw lines on a map. People saw a shared fate.💛 thelensnola.org/2026/08/24/d...

Court deems Black cultural connections as race, not culture | The Lens

Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District connected Black communities facing shared struggles over infrastructure, voting rights and political representation.

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#BehindTheLensPodcast🎙️ From stalled criminal-record reforms to the difficult choices facing families seeking early childhood education, this episode explores what happens when access to opportunity depends not only on policy… Listen wherever you get your podcasts🎧

#TheLensNola🔍 ICE arrests in Louisiana have reached record highs, as more people without criminal histories are being detained. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Read full article in bio #ICE #arrest #louisiana