Nothing is more fun than watching a group of hip-swinging, raddy-walking, second-lining women, says babydoll Denise Augustine, founder of the New Orleans Voodoo Babydolls, who plans to ‘lay down her ...

Curfews and court rules shape Carnival for thousands in New Orleans who are on probation or parole, or who find themselves self-isolating after the trauma of doing time.

In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast ...

After hard work in the sun on the Farm Line, he’d fall asleep, only to be visited by nightmares, Chadarius Morehead testified ...

To make clear that ICE is not welcome in New Orleans, a group of protesters walked the St. Charles route ahead of the Legion of Mars parade, which last year featured armed ICE officers.

A New Orleans–inspired spoken word poem calling for justice, democracy reform, prison rehabilitation, and cultural pride.

In two 9th Ward schools, Abramson and Douglass, students lean on discipline, music, and one another as they prepare for New Orleans Carnival — and for life beyond the parade route.

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

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

This week on Behind The Lens, recent declines in solitary confinement had come because of human-rights activists like Kiana Calloway, and churches are being outfitted with backup and solar power to ...

Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.

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