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More (New) Schools for Baton Rouge

By Sara Bongiorni Chris Meyer, CEO of New Schools for Baton Rouge | Photo by Tim Mueller There is no arguing the role of New Schools for Baton Rouge in […]

Pandemic Prophecies: Q&A with LSU’s Sasha Thackaberry

Alexandera “Sasha” Thackaberry By Sara Bongiorni Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece […]

Business with a Higher Purpose

By Sara Bongiorni Lonnie and Jacci Bickford. | Photo by Tim Mueller Lonnie Bickford drills wells, builds orphanages and repairs schools in some of the poorest places on Earth. He […]

Pandemic Prophecies: future of parks

By Kinder Baumgardner Kinder Baumgardner, SWA Group Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This […]

Pandemic Resource: @HOME Powered by Pennington

By Sara Bongiorni Expert guidance on improving nutrition, mood, sleep and fitness during the coronavirus pandemic is available through a social-media initiative launched by Pennington Biomedical Research Center in late […]

Pandemic Prophecies: 20-minute neighborhoods

Camille Manning-Broome, Center for Planning Excellence By Camille Manning-Broome Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the […]

How the BR lakes came to be

City Park Lake, circa 1929. At the right, a swamp that was transformed into University Lake. By Mukul Verma Historically, Louisiana State University and City Park lakes have, together, shaped […]

Her beat goes on

Vickie Casanova-Willis with a photo of her aunt, Laurabeth Henderson Hicks By Sara Bongiorni Laurabeth Henderson Hicks, PhD, spent her elementary years inside a segregated, one-room school in Depressionera Las […]