Armed by scientific studies, reading experts urged a resurgence of phonics, which helps children learn to read by sounding-out words, in a way well-known to older generations. But the state's third ...

These escapes were more than an act, they were a symptom. They signal the breaking point in a system long frayed by injustice ...

The recent fire at Nottoway Plantation, which reduced the “big house” to ashes, serves as a stark reminder of the complexities we navigate to uncover the truth of our history.

For the second consecutive year, a federal judge tells the DOC to provide Farm Line workers with protections from the ...

The recent escape of 10 individuals from the New Orleans Correctional Center has quickly shifted from a public-safety crisis ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

“Our community should still be proud of the long fight,” said longtime Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition leader Sade Dumas, as she stood outside the Phase III construction site last month.

“We’re proud to partner with LSU, to contribute to the growing compendium of peer-reviewed climate science and advance the effort to identify multiple pathways that can lead to more energy with fewer ...

Rather than wait for her bus in the derelict lot in the 5300 block of St. Claude Avenue, Lower 9 resident Tori O'Connor waits for her bus in the neutral ground of St. Claude and only crosses the ...

Nicholas Chrastil covers criminal justice for The Lens. As a freelancer, his work has appeared in Slate, Undark, Mother Jones, and the Atavist, among other outlets. Chrastil has a master’s degree in ...

In late 2015, the city of New Orleans and FEMA resolved years of haggling over how much federal relief the city should get to rebuild the sewage systems, water systems and roads damaged following ...