For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens ...

Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast ...

Aneri Pattani from KFF Health News talks about Elyse Stevens, who was a primary care and addiction medicine doctor in New Orleans.

Data centers are created by the nation’s wealthiest companies, like Meta. But in Louisiana, utility billpayers could cover up to 75% of AI data-center costs, thanks to a fast-track policy quietly ...

Curfews and court rules shape Carnival for thousands in New Orleans who are on probation or parole, or who find themselves self-isolating after the trauma of doing time.

A New Orleans–inspired spoken word poem calling for justice, democracy reform, prison rehabilitation, and cultural pride.

Nothing is more fun than watching a group of hip-swinging, raddy-walking, second-lining women, says babydoll Denise Augustine, founder of the New Orleans Voodoo Babydolls, who plans to ‘lay down her ...

Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.

To make clear that ICE is not welcome in New Orleans, a group of protesters walked the St. Charles route ahead of the Legion of Mars parade, which last year featured armed ICE officers.

This week on Behind The Lens, recent declines in solitary confinement had come because of human-rights activists like Kiana Calloway, and churches are being outfitted with backup and solar power to ...

A New Orleans human-rights advocate recounts her journey, her mother’s awakening, and the impact of aggressive immigration enforcement on immigrant families.