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Mitch Landrieu
March 7, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Passing the Infrastructure Bill Was a Huge Win. But How’s the Implementation Going?
A check-in with Mitch Landrieu, Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar, on whether stuff is actually getting built—and whether Biden will be able to claim credit by November 2024
January 20, 2022
Daniel Strauss
It Really Is Infrastructure Week. Will It Matter in November?
Mitch Landrieu made his national bow as infrastructure czar this week, and the money is headed out to the states. Now, to make it pay electoral dividends.
December 27, 2021
Nick Tabor
Is New Orleans Trading Internet Access for Corporate Surveillance?
The city’s plan to use smart streetlights to deliver free WiFi is causing alarm about who will own New Orleanians’s data.
May 18, 2017
Clint Smith
The Young Black Activists Targeting New Orleans’s Confederate Monuments
The group Take ‘Em Down NOLA has an ambitious goal—to rid the city of all its tributes to slavery’s defenders.
February 9, 2010
Amy Liu
An Encore for New Orleans?
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