New Orleans News Quiz: How a documentary about the surfing industry started a censorship battle in St. John Parish

Losing ground: Louisiana Legislature reversing Black political power

The history of Black citizens holding elected office in Louisiana is complex.

Months after aggressive law enforcement response, anti-Trump group returns to Pearl River

Pearl River Police arrested three people at a January protest against Trump's ICE enforcement campaign, then called in outside agencies to monitor a subsequent action in February. The organizing group had decided to stop coming to the city, until they were spurred into action by a recall petition against Gov. Jeff Landry.

Charles Nash, Louisiana's first Black congressman to take his seat

Charles Edmund Nash, a bricklayer by trade, became Louisiana's first Black man to actually serve in Congress. But, historians say, the Republican politician had little impact.

Explainer: How did this year’s legislative session impact New Orleans and its residents?

Verite News reporter Katie Jane Fernelius breaks down the biggest questions coming out of this year’s legislative session.

State’s first Black Josephite priest, John Plantevigne, was barred from saying Mass

In New Orleans, the Catholic Church would not let a man of color celebrate Mass in the early 1900s. As a result, the Rev. John Joseph Plantevigne died “a broken man with a broken heart.”