It took more than 100 years, but Caddo Parish will have its first Black sheriff. Henry Whitehorn takes office July 1. His supporters had congratulated him in November for winning the office by a ...

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Jefferson Parish School District is 37 percent Hispanic, 34 percent Black, and 22 percent white.

A proposed Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district, which could deliver another U.S. House seat to Democrats, received bipartisan support and advanced through a ...

Legally speaking…what does it mean to be Black? And what does that mean for voting rights in Louisiana? Charisse Gibson explains the court case.

Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana The ruling, if it stands, could be a win for Republicans, since Democrats were almost certain to win the newly drawn district.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ where black communities get all of the pollution, few of the jobs on Apr 17, 2025.

Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that ...

A federal appeals court in Louisiana ruled that three organizations representing Black residents can continue with their civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish that seeks to stop the ...

Is A Black Louisiana Man Facing Homicide Charges For Defending Himself Against An Attack By A White Man? Video footage shows Trevor Moses, 25, defending himself.

With bipartisan support, a proposed Louisiana congressional map that would create a second majority-Black district sailed through the state Senate on Wednesday and will advance to the House ...

Cortez Collins, a Black police officer in Coushatta, Louisiana, understands loss at the hands of juvenile crime. Last December, his 17-year-old son, Corterion Collins, was shot and killed.