Data centers are created by the nation’s wealthiest companies, like Meta. But in Louisiana, utility billpayers could cover up to 75% of AI data-center costs, thanks to a fast-track policy quietly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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

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

Air-monitoring equipment for the Habitat Recovery Project positioned 25 miles away from where Tuesday’s explosion happened, tracked a steep spike in particulate matter at the time of the explosion and ...

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 ...

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