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Behind The Lens episode 222: ‘A safe space’

Posted December 8, 202300:35:23

The OPSB voted to close the Living School at an emotional December board meeting and the Buttermilk Drop scrambled to pay bills after its Uber Eats...

Behind the Lens episode 221: ‘A force multiplier’

Posted November 17, 202300:32:52

The Orleans Parish DA's office is using new predictive analytics software they say can help combat crime. Some critics are concerned. And annual A through...

Behind The Lens episode 220: ‘Mothers want their kids out of there’

Posted November 10, 202300:31:49

This week on Behind The Lens, Jackson Parish’s is housing kids awaiting adjudication in a detention center unlicensed to do so and state A through...

Behind the Lens episode 219: ‘A community that depends on us’

Posted November 3, 202300:35:26

This week on Behind The Lens, a historic drought at the root of ‘superfog’ causing a massive wreck on I-55 and small non-profit news outlets, like...

Behind The Lens episode 218: 'They need stability ... this does not bode well for that'

Posted October 27, 202300:31:58

This week on Behind The Lens, a $9.5 million private security contract for Louisiana youth prisons raises eyebrows.

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