Marta Jewson and La'Shance Perry on their interview with a women about what it's like to be pregnant in Louisiana after the fall of Roe. Delaney Dryfoos on St. James residents' fight against industry.

Every year, Louisiana gets more than $150 million from the federal government to help people in poverty. The money comes to ...

The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.

As the federal government announces a rule to eliminate all lead pipes within the next decade, tests by the Water ...

Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the Jackson Parish Jail housing kids without the required license to do so.

Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications ...

To convince Tulane University to divest from fossil fuels, students say, they must fight geography, history, and the school's academic partnerships with industry.

Art for The Lens by Mizani Ball. In early April, inspectors from the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) traveled to north Louisiana to visit the Jackson Parish Jail. Their ...

River Parish homes with industrial smokestacks as their backdrop. Over generations, racially discriminatory zoning laws have transformed majority-Black communities into what is now known as Cancer ...