In his research, Dr. Sharven Taghavi, a Tulane trauma surgeon, found a "clear association" between hunger and gun violence. A trauma surgeon in Atlanta had similar findings. [...]Read More... from ...

Behind The Lens examines the governor’s veto of increased compensation for wrongfully convicted exonerees and the arrest of a 14-year-old student at school.

Louisiana’s air-monitoring network often misses toxic pollution near major industrial plants, leaving nearby communities uncertain about the chemicals they breathe.

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

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.

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

Meta’s massive AI data center is transforming Richland Parish, dividing churches and raising concerns about housing, energy, race and environmental justice.

Angola’s Farm Line heat conditions unconstitutional, yet Louisiana’s forced prison labor system continues under a legal slavery exception.

Delaney Nolan and Katy Reckdahl examine Louisiana’s surge in prolonged ICE detention, legal challenges, immigration court access and a 77-year-old man’s repeated detention.

After spending 27.5 years wrongfully imprisoned, Greg Bright faces the end of Louisiana compensation payments following Gov. Jeff Landry’s veto of a bill that would have raised the state’s lifetime ...

A 14-year-old honor student was handcuffed, jailed and barred from graduation over an alleged threat that police reportedly found no evidence to support.

Scientists are opposing a proposed OMB rule that could politicize federal research funding, weaken peer review and threaten independent science.