New Orleans food incubator helps small ventures make a big impact

‘Professor Jim’ Humphrey helped shape early N.O. jazz  bands

Musicians on plantations along the Mississippi River benefited from traveling music teacher James Brown Humphrey. As Humphrey traveled from place to place by train, he encouraged plantation owners to invest in music lessons for their field workers and house servants. Believing music kept workers happy, many owners paid for lessons and instruments. They hoped these […]

Many of city’s cooling centers closed amid dangerous heat

With the heat index approaching 110 degrees on Tuesday, eight of the city’s 13 rec centers, which double as cooling stations during the summer, were closed for maintenance.

Homeless New Orleanians swelter amid scorching heat wave

As mornings get warmer and summer heat waves continue, will shelter shortages complicate aid for the city's homeless residents?

Dejoie family pharmacy cured and connected a community

These pharmacies served as more than places to fill prescriptions. They were gathering places and commercial hubs in the Black community.

‘Gag order’: More than 100 Louisiana state employees signed NDAs with Gov. Landry’s office

More than 100 of Landry’s employees have signed a strict confidentiality agreement with the governor’s office binding them to secrecy about what they learn on the job.