Delaney Dryfoos on the sale of Entergy New Orleans' natural gas arm to a new entity and La'Shance Perry on the legal ...

We have much work to do,” Hunter writes, “to ensure that an anti-terrorist component is part of the planning process for ...

A newly passed federal law emphasizes flood control along the Mississippi River—work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme weather events due to ...

Jo and Joy Banner, co-founders of The Descendants Project, announced the nonprofit’s acquisition of the Woodland Plantation in LaPlace, La. The plantation, site of the largest slave revolt in American ...

On Monday afternoon, after traveling seven miles from a camp not far from the Superdome, Joe Ferrara finally neared the governor's new Transition Center. He planned to camp outside until it opened on ...

“We have much work to do,” Hunter writes, “to ensure that an anti-terrorist component is part of the planning process for every special event that attracts thousands – Mardi Gras, festivals and ...

The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.

“Nova,” by Jacob Kainen, 1977, watercolor and pastel with ink marker and pen and black ink on wove paper. (Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) ...

“I am a member of the Point Lookout burial crew,” say Lawson Strickland. “We are volunteer trusty inmates who bury inmates here at Angola's Point Lookout cemetery when they are unclaimed by their ...

The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.