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Michael Isaac Stein

Michael Isaac Stein

Before joining Verite, Michael Isaac Stein spent five years as an investigative reporter at The Lens, a nonprofit New Orleans news publication, covering local government, housing and labor issues.

During his time at the Lens, Stein consistently produced award-winning work — exposing power company Entergy’s use of paid actors to gain approval for a new gas plant, covering the mayor’s attempt to severely cut funding for public libraries and tracking the rapid expansion of the city’s government surveillance apparatus.

Before working at The Lens, Stein was a reporter for WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and freelanced for various national publications including The Intercept, The New Republic and Bloomberg’s CityLab.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy.

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Michael Isaac Stein by Michael Isaac Stein September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

The workers of the French Truck coffee shop on Chartres Street have formed a union, voting 8-0 in a federal union election held last Wednesday.  “We have done something pretty awesome here,” Mat Ricciardo, one of the French Truck baristas and organizers, told Verite.  The vote makes the French Truck location the third New Orleans […]

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How Lowe’s fought back unionization in New Orleans

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Councilman calls for investigation of public access TV funding as council moves process in-house

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Unreleased council investigation finds evidence of bid-rigging, ethics violations in abandoned ‘smart cities’ deal

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