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The head of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the president of St. John Parish said the West Bank is “now ...

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

"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 ...

Cedrionne Powell, who was six months old when Katrina and the 2005 levee breaks laid waste to her family's home. (Photo by La'Shance Perry / The Lens) This story is one of five stories in The Lens’ ...