According to a federal lawsuit, two St. Tammany schools shortened an autistic boy’s school day to two hours from the standard ...

Verite News tested lead levels at more than 80 parks. Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and ...

The Local Investigations Fellowship welcomes two fellows to a new regional investigative reporting center created in ...

The Local Investigations Fellowship welcomes two fellows to a new regional investigative reporting center created in ...

But almost a month into her tenure as a mayor, Moreno has yet to name a new director of the department — and though she’s promised to overhaul the department, she has not detailed what exactly she ...

The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a “racist.” ...

Organizations in New Orleans are pushing to make Mardi Gras more environmentally-friendly by examining the culture around ...

Louisiana’s political system could soon look more like 1966, the end of the Jim Crow Era, than 2026, and it’s time to ...

James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford was just trying to write a catchy song. He didn’t know 'Iko Iko' would become part of Carnival’s ...

Sign up for Verite's free daily newsletter and get the New Orleans news you need every weekday. The federal government has terminated two grants for African American ...

Data show that the N.O. ICE field office, which has jurisdiction in five states including Louisiana, issues more detainer ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Verite News and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change. This story is the second of a ...