Glenn Ford taught me that every chance for life matters. It was easy to see why: prosecutors told the court Glenn was innocent 30 years after he was wrongly convicted of murder and sent to Death Row.

During a visit to Venture Global’s liquified natural gas plant in Port Sulphur, Gov. Jeff Landry and two members of President ...

As Louisiana restarts executions, stories about the state’s death penalty — from condemned men, victims, families, and those ...

All over south Louisiana, and indeed across the country, people honor their dead. At historical sites, battlefields, military cemeteries and other hallowed grounds, Americans pay respects to those who ...

Our reporters stayed on their beats, covering how Carnival affects the way New Orleans works - and doesn't work.

Early voting for this crucial election starts on Saturday. The four constitutional amendments on the March 29 ballot are ...

High winds on Mardi Gras Day truncated Rex’s route and kept Zulu from downtown New Orleans, taking a toll on business owners and on local school bands, which went unpaid for Zulu and other ...

The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.

A photo taken within the treatment center that houses Angola’s hospice program. (Image by Joe Venafro) Fifteen years ago, Burl Cain, then-Warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, agreed ...

Entergy, the Louisiana utility, has dragged its feet on renewables. Now, it seems that a proposed Meta data center in ...

Another statute prohibits the illegal carrying of a firearm “used in the commission of a crime of violence” within 1,000 feet ...