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 ...

Drinking water samples were collected as part of the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans’ residential lead testing study. A preponderance of local homes have lead in their water, if the ...

This week on Behind The Lens, in violation of state law the Jackson Parish Jail had been housing kids awaiting trial without the required license to house them — and, somehow, without the knowledge of ...

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As the federal government announces a rule to eliminate all lead pipes within the next decade, tests by the Water Collaborative found lead within drinking water at 88% of New Orleans homes tested.

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

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 ...

FALL SEMESTER IS IN FULL SWING at Tulane University. However, for senior Emma De Leon, it’s a bittersweet time. Last year, De Leon dedicated her time to the construction of a document which was meant ...