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

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 […]

Gene therapy cures metro New Orleans man of sickle cell, clears path for dream of becoming pilot

Daniel Cressy became the first patient in the Gulf South to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene editing on Monday. He said it felt like being reborn.

Court watchers blocked from Louisiana immigration hearings are fighting to gain access

A group of court watchers in Louisiana claim that they have been denied access from immigration court hearings more than 50 times over the course of seven months — a trend occurring across the country.

Verite News' Bobbi-Jeane Misick joins 2026-27 New York Times Local Investigations Fellow cohort

The Local Investigations Fellowship welcomes six fellows from six states, who will report from the communities where they live. Misick is one of them.

Long before the civil rights era, a WWII soldier was killed in a dispute over a bus seat

Black men serving in WWII were beaten or killed for running afoul of segregated practices in the South.