Advocates told Verite News that they aren't aware of any changes the Louisiana Department of Corrections has made to its ...

In 1965, racism and segregation drove pro football out of New Orleans. The next year, it returned in the form of the New ...

In a first-person reported story, Verite's Lue Palmer recounts their experience as a renter in New Orleans, where they have ...

City and federal officials, local artists and economic development leaders gathered on Wednesday (April 17) for a ribbon ...

The report estimated costs of treatment, lost wages, legal expenses and state support for female victims and survivors of ...

Less than two months after the Orleans Parish School Board voted to create the Leah Chase School — the first permanent, ...

When it came to education, Fannie C. Williams focused on the well-being of her students. As a result, she developed the first ...

A bill in the Louisiana legislature, marked up by Entergy, could kill a proposed transmission line from Texas to Mississippi.

We want this city to have union jobs for all hospitality workers,” said Willie Woods, chapter president of Unite Here Local ...

The New Orleans Health Department has become an advocate on issues — like housing and wages — that might seem beyond its core ...

Joseph Savary, who fought for France in the Haitian Revolution, became the first Black officer in the U.S. Army.