At least 121 employees in Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration signed sweeping confidentiality agreements that legal experts ...

In his research, Dr. Sharven Taghavi, a Tulane trauma surgeon, found a "clear association" between hunger and gun violence. A ...

Behind The Lens examines the governor’s veto of increased compensation for wrongfully convicted exonerees and the arrest of a ...

Louisiana’s air-monitoring network often misses toxic pollution near major industrial plants, leaving nearby communities ...

The CoDA Environmental Health Study links higher industrial pollution exposure in Louisiana communities to increased learning disabilities and health problems among children.

The Lens earned three first-place awards and eight additional honors at the Press Club of New Orleans’ 2026 Excellence in ...

Fat River Farm owners Marguerite Green and James Elliot Robinson won a lawsuit after an Orkin employee mistakenly sprayed pesticide across their Lower 9th Ward organic garden.

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THIS IS PART OF “OPERATING CAPITAL,” AN ONGOING LENS DISCUSSION ABOUT LOUISIANA’S RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS. Fifteen years ago, Burl Cain, then-Warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, ...

RICHLAND PARISH, Louisiana — Seen as far as 2 miles away, a white cross — the size of a 12-story building — welcomes you to this largely forgotten stretch of Delta country. While cotton no longer runs ...