A group of talented young African American men had little hope that the city could help them - until they learned the ways that the city could change.

Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications ...

Lifelong residents of St. James Parish will speak in federal court on Monday about how parish officials and ordinances have, for generations, explicitly directed industrial plants into predominantly ...

It’s become an all-too-familiar lament in New Orleans that the charter school system lacks accountability and transparency.

Nick Chrastil on the use of mace and pepper spray now allowed in juvenile detention facilities. Terry L. Jones on community ...

The Lens took home top honors in the education reporting, continuing environmental reporting and government/political reporting categories.

A year ago, when Jackson Parish opened its new, unlicensed juvenile jail, kids complained of extended stints of solitary confinement, along with extensive abuse and violations. A DCFS inspection ...

Misoprostol, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration 20 years ago for a number of medical uses, has been used increasingly in “medication abortions,” to terminate pregnancies of up to ...