The CoDA Environmental Health Study links higher industrial pollution exposure in Louisiana communities to increased learning disabilities and health problems among children.

Fat River Farm owners Marguerite Green and James Elliot Robinson won a lawsuit after an Orkin employee mistakenly sprayed pesticide across their Lower 9th Ward organic garden.

A survivor’s story reveals how abuse, family rejection, school discipline and systemic neglect can push vulnerable girls into Louisiana’s juvenile justice system.

The Lens earned three first-place awards and eight additional honors at the Press Club of New Orleans’ 2026 Excellence in Journalism gala.

Louisiana’s air-monitoring network often misses toxic pollution near major industrial plants, leaving nearby communities uncertain about the chemicals they breathe.

Delaney Nolan and Katy Reckdahl examine Louisiana’s surge in prolonged ICE detention, legal challenges, immigration court access and a 77-year-old man’s repeated detention.

RICHLAND PARISH, Louisiana — Seen as far as 2 miles away, a white cross — the size of a 12-story building — welcomes you to this largely forgotten stretch of Delta country. While cotton no longer runs ...

In just seconds, a click and a prompt can conjure a song or a compelling story lede as if by magic. But behind the seamless convenience of AI tools lies an insatiable appetite for energy. Data centers ...

THIS IS PART OF “OPERATING CAPITAL,” AN ONGOING LENS DISCUSSION ABOUT LOUISIANA’S RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS. Fifteen years ago, Burl Cain, then-Warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, ...