Advocates celebrated the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, even after Supreme Court rulings gutted key federal protections and threw Southern congressional maps into chaos.
Louisiana's two biggest cities took different paths: New Orleans funded community programs to historic success, while Baton Rouge shifted its priorities, leaving the program with little to no funding.
Act 141 aims to protect Louisiana educators by removing students who assault school employees.
Black defendants face major barriers to securing representative juries, while a Lower Ninth Ward family farm wins a settlement after its property was mistakenly treated with pesticides.
Glenn Davis instinctively connected his predominantly white jury and his wrongful verdict. His instincts are supported by jury-deliberation studies, which shows that non-diverse juries like his err more often.
Questions about how power Is exercised in Louisiana, as the governor vetoes more money for wrongfully convicted exonerees and a 14-year-old student is handcuffed and barred from her middle-school graduation.
In his research, Dr. Sharven Taghavi, a Tulane trauma surgeon, found a "clear association" between hunger and gun violence. A trauma surgeon in Atlanta had similar findings.
After being kicked out of her house and expelled from school, a 16-year-old girl, Mea, learns to survive on her own.
Reporter Delaney Nolan and editor Katy Reckdahl examine the surge in ICE activity across Louisiana.
