It is not lost on me as a Black woman, as we approach the United States’ 250th birthday, that I am writing about a democracy I would not have been considered a part of as it was declared by our ...

Hyundai's planned Louisiana steel mill could become one of America's lowest-carbon steel facilities, but questions remain ...

As legal battles over mifepristone continue, telehealth providers expand abortion pill access while preparing alternative ...

Construction has begun on the new Raising Cane’s 9th Ward Stadium at LCMC Health Field beside George Washington Carver High ...

But last year, opposition to solar farms became so heated here that speakers at Iberia Parish Council meetings were brought to tears. Hundreds of residents successfully mounted a campaign opposing a ...

A Louisiana audit found nearly half of available WIC food assistance went unredeemed, with $111 million returned to ...

New CDC data shows young Black men are dying by suicide at higher rates than young white men for the first time on record. Experts point to trauma, social isolation, racism, mental health disparities, ...

This story is a collaboration between The Lens and Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and voting rights in local governments. OBERLIN, LOUISIANA — The last time Orolua ...

For $5 million dollars, Louisiana’s flagship university will let an oil company help choose which faculty research projects move forward. Or, for $100,000, a corporation can participate in a research ...

As the NAACP’s “Out of Bounds” boycott challenges SEC states weakening Black voting power, this essay argues that HBCUs must be supported as real alternatives for Black athletes.

On Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a U.S.-born woman at a checkpoint in a residential area of Lafayette. The young mother of four, who is Spanish-speaking, was already ...