Until they were stopped by Louisiana legislators, neighbors around North Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans and communities within Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” were able to view local air-quality, measured ...

This administration is placing vulnerable communities at greater risk when severe weather strikes, says Sara Gonzalez-Rothi, ...

The new Republican budget just slashed Medicaid by $1 trillion. In Louisiana, more than 200,000 people could lose coverage under Healthy Louisiana. Many don’t even realize that Medicaid is the ...

It’s a familiar scenario. Potential employers see criminal histories and don’t hire. In New Orleans, improvements to the city’s “Ban the Box” ordinance could better challenge employment barriers. An ...

Bernard Smith on New Orleans' notorious House of Detention and protections for Angola's Farm Line workers in summer heat.

Kimberly Thomas, who served a decade ago on the S&WB, was given nod by a council committee last week and was slated for Council approval on Thursday ...

Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan officially qualified to run for clerk of Criminal District Court in Orleans Parish.

This week on Behind The Lens, Louisiana reclassifies natural gas as “green energy” under a controversial new law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry. We also examine a major expansion of ammonia plants in ...

“Some of us aren’t just shouting from the sidelines. Some of us were in the room,” writes Henderson-Uloho, who founded the SisterHearts Decarceration Program, and taught decarceration classes in the ...

Sunrise Foods released air-quality assessments scant in detail. But early last month, LDEQ accelerated the company’s approval for its air-permit application.

Calvin Duncan’s fight to free himself and others from a broken system.