Voters have a chance on March 29 to turn the tide against Gov. Jeff Landry and his legislature’s extensive, expensive plans ...

The Lens spent January talking to Lower 9th Ward residents to tell their stories, narratives a Super Bowl committee wanted to ...

Emails show that state officials considered creating a shelter in a barge moored in Industrial Canal — and that prominent ...

The Lens spent January talking to Lower 9th Ward residents to tell their stories, narratives a Super Bowl committee wanted to ...

"As a researcher who has closely observed, personally experienced local struggles," says the writer, Bethany Garfield, "it’s with a heavy heart that I say that investigations into the state of our ...

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.

This week on Behind The Lens, Super Bowl LIX is fast approaching and New Orleans will host tens of thousands for the game, and hundreds of millions are expected to watch on TV. With so much attention ...

Alice Craft-Kerney outside her brother's former house in the Holy Cross section of the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood, where a few dozen people weathered Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaks.

St. John the Baptist Parish did not violate either the First Amendment or the Louisiana Open Meetings Law, jurors in the U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana concluded after hearing evidence from both ...