This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, ...

As his articles began to appear in the Concordia Sentinel, some in Ferriday, La., applauded his efforts to reopen the past.

President Trump, speaking at the Army base at Fort Bragg, N.C., highlighted his decision to restore its name soon after ...

After a quiet afternoon of legislating, a bill that would roll back the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs led to a racially charged debate in the Louisiana House on Monday night ...

I write today out of deep concern for the future of Black farmers in Louisiana and across the South. Congress must reject any policy — whether in the 2025 Farm Bill or the so-called Food ...

(Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator). A Louisiana legislative committee has killed two bills that would have added eight new majority Black districts to the state House and Senate. The author of ...

Third District Attorney John Belton, the first Black prosecutor elected in northern Louisiana, won't seek reelection in 2026. Belton, a political independent who was first elected to serve as ...

the president of the historically Black Louisiana university. "They were people with names," Guillory said at a press conference on Thursday. "They were people with stories and histories.

The Southern University Foundation, which is affiliated with Louisiana’s largest historically Black university, also opposes the bill. Chenevert’s bill will next be discussed in a Senate ...