Meta’s data center will be the biggest in the U.S., but no one knows who they’re hiring
Research shows that AI data center facilities are landing in Black and low-income communities already treated as environmental sacrifice zones. In Louisiana, the two neighboring towns have a majority Black population, but residents fear that the jobs are not reaching them.
Who is ICE arresting in Louisiana, and where? We broke it down.
ICE arrests in Louisiana have reached record highs, as more people without criminal histories are being detained.
Behind The Lens Podcast: Contempt of court (audio)
When the school closes, what happens to the community?
On empty seats, full buildings and who gets left holding them.
Loud enough for Washington to hear
Residents of the enclaves of District 6 carry a shared inheritance: cancer, pennies-an-hour wages, broken sewer lines, and highways aimed at their front doors. When divided into separate voting districts, those griefs were left unheard and isolated.
Behind The Lens Podcast: Clean slate and school bells (audio)
Ribbon of Black enclaves reflects deep Louisiana history
The neighborhoods that the old 6th District gathered up—strung along rivers, railroads, and interstates from Shreveport to Baton Rouge—are the exact communities left scattered apart by two centuries of plantations, Jim Crow, and systemic disinvestment.
Louisiana’s 250-mile ‘snake’ district, built by grudges and human geography
Within the serpentine 6th District, Black voters face similar struggles with low wages, poor healthcare, and a fight for historic recognition
Court deems Black cultural connections as race, not culture
In every corner of the now-scuttled 6th District, Black residents tell of deep connections through Louisiana history, food, and today’s struggles. But this spring, the nation’s highest court concluded that those voters share only race, not a cohesive culture.
