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Banding Together: the heart and resilience of 9th Ward high-school bands

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.
by Gus Bennett February 16, 2026 Updated February 24, 2026

‘ICE in our drinks, not in our streets’ this Carnival

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.
by Delaney Nolan February 13, 2026 Updated February 14, 2026

23 & 1: Solitary Confinement in LA Prisons is on the Rise; also Local Churches Provide Shelter and Power During Outages Using Solar

Bernard Smith on the dangers of solitary confinement and Delaney Dryfoos on resiliency hubs.
by Carolyne Heldman February 13, 2026 Updated February 13, 2026

Throw Me Somethin’ Mista

“Throw me my Motha Mista, alive well before age fifty and dancing whole,” writes poet MonaLisa Saloy. This poem kicks off this year’s Lens Carnival Edition, a collection of stories, photography, and poetry.
by MonaLisa Saloy February 12, 2026 Updated February 13, 2026

In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks

In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast Guard. Critics say the Trump administration is undermining the Coast Guard’s other missions - and harming working-class boat captains while sparing industries with powerful lobbies.
by Delaney Nolan February 11, 2026 Updated February 12, 2026

Louisiana bets big on ‘blue ammonia.’ Communities along Cancer Alley brace for the cost.

Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.
by Ames Alexander, Floodlight February 10, 2026 Updated February 11, 2026

My mom showed her support by bringing me a sweater.

At first, the writer’s mom wasn’t sure if she should support her daughter’s human-rights work. “She was very very cautious. It was really hard.”
by Cristi Rosales-Fajardo February 9, 2026 Updated February 9, 2026

Angola Farm Line trial testimony reveals traumas tied to field labor

After hard work in the sun on the Farm Line, he’d fall asleep, only to be visited by nightmares, Chadarius Morehead testified on Thursday, in the ongoing federal trial that will determine the constitutionality of forced field labor at Angola.
by Bernard Smith February 6, 2026 Updated February 11, 2026

A town on the brink of extinction: Modeste is facing an acute concentration of industry as a proposed new development threatens to engulf it

Delaney Nolan on the town of Modeste and a new giant industrial park planned for the area.
by Carolyne Heldman February 6, 2026 Updated February 24, 2026

Cameron pipeline blast shows why local air monitoring is needed, environmental group says

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 other substantial increases four hours afterward, as natural gas from the pipe burned.
by Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator February 6, 2026 Updated February 11, 2026

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