Detroit heard King’s dream first. These Black women are carrying it forward.
Alpha Kappa Alpha's Lambda Pi Omega chapter folds Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights history into a day of service that stretches far beyond the federal holiday
Four injured, one dead, after man enters Dooky Chase’s with gunman in pursuit
Emboldened: LA lawmakers ask FDA to restrict abortion meds nationally
Marta Jewson on one year of Act 246, the Louisiana law that locked up life-saving maternal medication. Elise Plunk on a suspended LNG permit that was reissued in Cameron Parish.
After losing a climate case in a Louisiana courtroom, Chevron wants a change of venue
Lawyers for the oil giant argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the matter belongs in federal court. But the heavily Republican state responded that a $744.6 million jury award in state court should stand.
EPA blind spots leave workers unprotected from ethylene oxide’s cancer risks
Frequent contact with the carcinogen ethylene oxide can boost the odds of developing cancer up to 60 times — risk levels that should raise red flags in Louisiana, which produces 20% of the nation’s ethylene oxide emissions within its 85-mile industrial corridor, known as Cancer Alley.
Louisiana locked up misoprostol a year ago — and is now trying to restrict it nationally
A city Health Department report found that the state’s ban on maternal-health drugs has left patients living in fear and put overwhelming stress on doctors and nurses. Now patients and healthcare providers worry about what could come next.
Records reveal federal criminal search warrant served at Smitty’s Supply
Agents with the FBI and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division conducted a search of the facility in November.
Helena Moreno takes oath as the 63rd mayor of New Orleans
'We know that things are not exactly where we want them to be today, and we know that it’s not going to be easy to fix these things, but just because things are hard does not mean that they’re impossible. We stand here on a turning point as we face challenging times, and we must be clear that failure is not an option. Not anymore. There’s just too much at stake.'
Buyouts for a petrochemical complex threaten to erase Modeste
Lawsuit targets rezoning of land for industry, which would displace hundreds in Modeste, a predominantly Black community in Ascension Parish.
Instability is the word of the year for one local school
Delaney Nolan on exit bonuses for voluntary deportation promised by the Department of Homeland Security. Marta Jewson on the fate of The Leah Chase School.
