Losing ground: The history of Black land ownership in America

Faith leaders hold vigil in Alexandria, question voluntary self-deportation for minors

Faith leaders, community members and immigration rights advocates marched from a community center through the sprawling England Airpark to a shaded field across from the detention facility that will soon house unaccompanied immigrant children and families. The group members prayed and sang. Speakers discussed their concerns about the facility, including reports that the Trump administration […]

Three things to know about the record-breaking early voter turnout in Louisiana

Louisiana’s early in-person voting ahead of the November 3 election drew more than a half million people.

After 65 years, Freedom Riders finally complete their journey to New Orleans

After having a 1961 bus trek through the Deep South interrupted by firebombing, civil rights activists ended their trip in New Orleans — fulfilling a legacy of activism.

After 65 years, Freedom Riders finally complete their journey to New Orleans

After having a 1961 bus trek through the Deep South interrupted by firebombing, civil rights activists ended their trip in New Orleans — fulfilling a legacy of activism.

After landmark voting rights ruling, plaintiffs target Louisiana’s lone majority-Black congressional district

The same group that successfully brought the case that eliminated the 6th Congressional District is now pressing to get the 2nd Congressional District redrawn. Voting rights groups in the state are trying to stop that from happening.