Malaco Records, founded in 1962 in Jackson, Miss., needed a hit. Previous recordings had not gained any traction, and money ...

Alexander Dimitry was a man of firsts. He was Louisiana’s first state superintendent of education, the first person of color ...

Prosecutors fighting the release of death row inmate Jimmie Duncan after a judge found him “factually innocent” of raping and ...

This Saturday (July 5), the Ashé Cultural Arts Center will lead a procession in remembrance of the horrors of the slave trade ...

Hundreds of people from one of the country’s largest labor unions amassed in New Orleans on Tuesday (July 1) afternoon to ...

A new law gives economic development officials more power to change the state’s film tax credit program. A law enacting new ...

Part of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, these satellites provide hurricane forecasters with real-time imagery ...

As thousands of architects and planners flocked to New Orleans in 2014 for the world’s largest sustainable design conference, ...

Louisiana Sen. Michael Fesi, who introduced Louisiana’s legislation to redefine wetlands, thinks easing wetlands regulation ...

A New Orleans woman is being held in an immigration detention center in Basile, Louisiana after getting arrested at her ...

Tulane University is no longer pursuing disciplinary action against seven students who were originally facing consequences ...

The Essence Festival of Culture, known for its celebration of Black culture, music, and food, might not seem like the first ...