Redistricting: Majority Black Voting Maps Rejected In Louisiana

Source: Mario Tama / Getty One of the most innocuous yet insidious ways voter suppression rears its head is through redistricting, a process by which a state legislature draws up voting maps along political lines. Despite a federal judge finding that …

These Louisiana oysters are built different. Will the salty 'jewels' gain a place at the table?

Elizabeth Robinson enters a cool, damp room with fluorescent lights and dozens of large plastic bags holding liquid ranging from pastel yellow to dark rust. It's not the typical image associated with Louisiana's oyster industry. But the lab and its …

Review: Drax Project @ The Louisiana

By Rafe Llewellyn, Second Year History Drax Project lived up to their exceptionally high standards on Friday at The Louisiana in the final leg of their debut UK and Europe tour. Explosive energy and musical dynamism, Drax Project are comfortably one of the …

Treacherous terrain, a nameless creek and pieces of a mastodon: Unearthing treasure in Louisiana

The tree roots caught James Gregory's eye the moment he waded into the No Name Creek, which isn't really the creek's name. And the roots weren't really tree roots. They were weird, shaped kind of like mini stalagmites in their sideways …

Embalmed baby’s body found in laundry shipment at Alsco Uniforms in Louisiana in the US

US authorities are investigating how an embalmed infant from Dallas ended up in a shipment of linens delivered to a dry cleaner in Shreveport, Louisiana. Employees found what appeared to be a mummified infant wrapped in laundry at Alsco Uniforms on …

Town hall meeting set to address massive Louisiana power outage

Town hall meeting set to address massive Louisiana power outage Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 5:27 AM CDT Jun 1, 2025 A virtual community town hall is set to give Louisiana residents a chance to unpack the widespread power outage that left …

Wildness might be a Louisiana's summer's best gift: Danny Heitman

From the window in our south Louisiana kitchen where I make coffee each morning, I can see that our big sycamore is shedding again, as it always does at this time of year. The trunk drops its outer layer each summer, and long strips of bark litter the lawn …

'Disturbing' discovery as 'mummified' baby found wrapped in laundry at Louisiana dry cleaner

11:24 ET, 01 Jun 2025 Authorities have launched an investigation after a "mummified" infant was found in a shipment of linens delivered to a dry cleaner in Shreveport, Louisiana. The discovery was made shortly after 9 pm on Tuesday. Shreveport …

Louisiana widow opens up about husband’s alleged death by a migrant

Black people were overjoyed when the Nottoway Plantation burned down. I went to Louisiana to learn more about its ...

WHITE CASTLE, La. — On the front lawn of the now-destroyed Nottoway Plantation were charred relics of atrocities gone by: a pair of flat-back rocking chairs, a wooden end table, and other sorry debris of what — until a destructive fire on May 15 — was the …