Katrina days, but families had to weather the growing pains of the charter movement, including too many school closures, ...

No, the East’s rebuilding wasn’t limited to tall apartments on top of three or four levels of parking garages, despite what was proposed. And, yes, homes in neighborhoods built on former marshland ...

Picayune environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein on the federal flood after the U.S. Army Corps' levees failed and flooded ...

Summer temperatures are only going to keep rising. We need a stronger, smarter, more connected grid before the next heatwave pushes us past the breaking point.

In a lawsuit about a slaughterhouse that once stood at the Alabo site, the U.S. Supreme Court first interpreted the 14th ...

Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.

This year, LEAP scores came back from the state of Louisiana in record time. Do parents understand the scores? Do kids? Now, the state begins to crunch school statistics to create School Performance ...

Until they were stopped by Louisiana legislators, neighbors around North Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans and communities within Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” were able to view local air-quality, measured ...

Reporter Marta Jewson, educator Deborah Richardson and advocate Ashana Bigard on John McDonogh High School's demise after a Los Angeles-based charter group took control.

Bernard Smith on New Orleans' notorious House of Detention and protections for Angola's Farm Line workers in summer heat. Marta Jewson on a student's suspension pending a mental health eval — a ...

Bernard Smith on conditions at Angola as heat alerts persist across the country. Gus Bennett on Essence Fest's rapid expansion — and questions about who it's serving.

Calvin Duncan, photographed during an interview in with The Lens. Duncan, who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly three decades, is known for using his voice and legal knowledge to help others.