Losing ground: Louisiana Legislature reversing Black political power

Rev. Solomon Clanton uses religion, education, politics to uplift community

Clanton also was the first Black graduate of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary in Chicago.

Most Louisiana parents can’t access critical early child care, lawmakers call for more state funding

Child advocates, early child care providers and elected officials called for more public investment in the state’s early childhood care to increase access for infants and toddlers in need. 

The legislature allocated millions to help farmers, but little has gone to the intended recipient

Margee Green had a plan to aid Louisiana farmers following the end of two federal stimulus programs. The state pledged $3 million to her organization to carry it out. Then things changed.

Inconspicuous New Orleans mission served as orphanage, church, and studio for art, music

The house where the Everlasting Gospel Mission operated stood until Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters pushed it off its foundation.

NOPD, National Guard are sweeping corners near New Orleans Public Library

Officers from the New Orleans Police Department and the Louisiana National Guard have been conducting at least twice-daily sweeps of the area, ordering unhoused people to leave the corners near the library.