New Orleans Community Organizing Fair moves to the Broadside for second annual event

A New Orleans man whose ex-wife accused him of stealing millions needed a lawyer. He called the D.A.

The Orleans Parish district attorney, Jason Williams, took on a private client who is facing a criminal investigation in Williams’s district. The matter was raised in a complaint to legal disciplinary officials

New Orleans language-immersion school sues French government agency for sixth time

The school has asked courts in France and the United States for temporary restraining orders against the Agency for French Education Abroad, which might signal trouble for its accreditation status.

Black man from St. Bernard was last surviving Civil War soldier

When Joseph Clovese called the Pontiac Press in 1948 looking for fellow Civil War soldiers, he was reminded about how much time had passed. At 104, Clovese was the last surviving Black member of the Civil War’s Union Army.   “The man on the line had to tell him every last one in Michigan was already […]

The agency that helps farmers protect the environment lost a third of its staff last year. And more cuts could be coming.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a federal agency that helps farmers protect soil and water and fight climate change. Advocates say those goals are in jeopardy.

‘He cannot continue waiting’: With a fiancé and father languishing in immigration detention, one family contemplates giving up the fight to stay

Antony says he’s falling apart in immigration detention. Maria Celeste is trying to hold it together on the outside. Neither knows how much longer the family can tough it out.