‘Music From the Big House’ delivers blues and soul from Angola prison
Musicians in bands at Angola often come from New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, and from the nearby Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues.
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Louisiana’s Obamacare drop rate among the nation’s largest
A quarter of Louisiana's marketplace enrollees from 2025 no longer have coverage in 2026.
PODCAST: “Where did all my people go?” (Audio)
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.
Trump approval of a gigantic offshore Louisiana LNG port ignores significant risks
Constructing the massive Delfin LNG deepwater export terminal 40 miles off the Louisiana coast could threaten protected marine life, exacerbate the state’s already poor air quality, and contribute to heating our planet, writes attorney Lauren Parker of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute.
‘We aren’t prepared’: New Orleans City Council pushes Entergy on unreliable equipment
The future of farming cannot be built on forced labor
Louisiana deserves a correctional system that prepares people for successful re-entry, an agricultural system built on dignity rather than exploitation and a public conversation honest enough to recognize that slavery's legacy is not only in the past.
‘Somebody’s life is at stake’ — Louisiana advocates push for fair, representative juries
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.
‘Gag order’: More than 100 Louisiana state employees signed NDAs with Gov. Landry’s office
Dozens of Landry employees, from the most senior aides to the most junior temps, inked strict confidentiality agreements with the governor’s office binding them to secrecy about what they learn on the job.
PODCAST: Governor’s veto and student’s arrest put government power under scrutiny (Audio)
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.
More than 4 million Americans have lost access to SNAP benefits. Experts predict a higher rate of shootings.
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.
