Louisiana is among the worst-performing states in maternal and infant health outcomes. Now the city health department offers home visits in those crucial first months.

I remember float riders leaning forward, stretching toys and trinkets toward a sea of Black children, only to snatch them ...

Like New Orleans, many small cities and towns are grappling with aging infrastructure and frequent boil-water notices.

The Lens fights to reveal and report on issues that impact the community and the region. Staunchly defending the public's ...

The oil industry is spending millions in taxpayer subsidies to hide emissions underground rather than transitioning to ...

In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast ...

For more than a decade, we have reported on issues as well as public policy meant to address the needs of residents. The Lens ...

Data centers are created by the nation’s wealthiest companies, like Meta. But in Louisiana, utility billpayers could cover up to 75% of AI data-center costs, thanks to a fast-track policy quietly ...

A New Orleans–inspired spoken word poem calling for justice, democracy reform, prison rehabilitation, and cultural pride.

Curfews and court rules shape Carnival for thousands in New Orleans who are on probation or parole, or who find themselves self-isolating after the trauma of doing time.

Aneri Pattani from KFF Health News talks about Elyse Stevens, who was a primary care and addiction medicine doctor in New Orleans.

Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.