New Orleans City Council advances Omni hotel project, signals approval on tax break 

Black educators fighting for equal pay in1930s New Orleans spark birth of influential teachers' union

Teacher salaries cut during the Great Depression were restored, but only for white educators. Black teachers demanded equal treatment.

Queer History Exhibit highlights immense record of LGBTQIA+ life in New Orleans

The LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, which collects and distributes artifacts of queer history in the state, opened a new exhibit in the French Quarter in April.

Rural emergency care is struggling to keep up with ICE detention demand

Records of hundreds of 911 calls from ICE detention centers in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Indiana and Texas illustrate the weight of immigration detention on emergency services.

Elenora Peete fought for the rights of New Orleans' domestic workers

Domestic workers were told they were “like family” but were never treated as such. “The reality is that their work was not treated as real work,” said Premilla Nadasen, author of “Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement.” “They were very often framed by their employers as ‘one […]

New Orleans is one step closer to using federal funding to replace customers’ lead pipes

Louisiana voters will decide in November whether to ensure local water utilities can use federal funding to pay to replace residents’ lead pipes.