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A Way Out

  RACHEL WILSON By Sara Bongiorni   They were trapped in their addictions. Then came a woman named Angel.Every morning for years Rachel Wilson woke with a prayer. Please, God, […]

A time to HEAL

For children in poverty, basic health screenings a gamechanger in classroom learning By Maggie Heyn Richardson Sometimes, it’s the simplest solution that yields the best results. For Health and Education […]

Follow the trail

Lessons from Little Rock’s emergence as the Cycling Hub of the South Rebecca Rusch, endurance racer By Jeff Roedel Imagine riding a bike up Mount Everest. Then down its rocky […]

The Shape of Water

The Water Institute and Tulane team on a waterfront plan in Argentina Tulane’s Iñaki Alday By Maggie Heyn Richardson South of Argentina’s cosmopolitan capital of Buenos Aires is the city […]

BR Bikeshare: Startup Guide

HOW IT BEGAN Bikeshare in Baton Rouge began as a project of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and turned into a collaboration with public agencies and private companies. Partners on […]

Health District fights opioid crisis

Collaboration aims to prevent people from using at all Brice Mohundro, Opioid Stewardship Task Force chair By Maggie Heyn Richardson The opioid epidemic continues to be a challenge for communities […]

Bluebonnet Swamp: A center for warbler research

A charismatic yellow bird worth saving By Sara Bongiorni GeoDad was more or less standard issue as Prothonotary Warblers go. Bright-eyed, blunt-tailed and just five inches long, the songbird with […]

Go North

A project to reclaim Plank Road would link the area to downtown, LSU with rapid transit By Sara Bongiorni Planned redevelopment of Plank Road in north Baton Rouge centers on […]