After hard work in the sun on the Farm Line, he’d fall asleep, only to be visited by nightmares, Chadarius Morehead testified on Thursday, in the ongoing federal trial that will determine the ...

This week on Behind The Lens, a lawsuit targets the rezoning of land for industry, which would displace hundreds in Modeste, a predominantly Black community in Ascension Parish. Buyouts for a ...

This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. A grassroots environmental group says this week’s explosion ...

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

The U.S. Supreme Court may gut the Voting Rights Act, threatening Black political representation in Louisiana and reopening ...

For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens seeks to focus on the inherent inequality that has created a multi-tiered ...

Youth leaders in New Orleans call on city officials and parents to address systemic failures in opportunity, education, mental health, and accountability.

A former Angola prisoner recounts years of forced field labor under extreme heat as a federal class-action lawsuit challenges ...

For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens seeks to focus on the inherent inequality that has created a multi-tiered ...

The Trump administration is weaponizing the FACE Act to prosecute journalists, threatening press freedom and chilling First ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s tough-on-crime laws are driving an $82 million surge in prison spending, as longer sentences increase incarceration and health care costs.

A pregnant, breastfeeding mother with two U.S.-born children remains detained by ICE in Louisiana, raising urgent concerns about health care, family separation, and immigration policy.