Community activists with ancestral ties to enslaved people at Louisiana plantations are using a unique legal theory to gain ...

Parts of New Orleans, including its international airport, are sinking nearly 2 inches per year, according to a new study. Wetlands and parts of the city's levee system are sinking, too.

The UCF Knights have 12 verbal commits as of June 23, but lost top wide receiver target Tyren Wortham to Michigan State.

Annabelle's Louisiana and New Orleans tour has sparked panic, with many wondering if the haunted doll was responsible for Louisiana plantation house fire.

New Orleans is a vibrant, exciting place brimming with history, music, and amazing food. From its quiet Garden District to ...

New Orleans, Louisiana, has traditionally been recognized as a critical hub of Black American cultural production. It has also been recognized as a severely stratified geography in which the precarity ...

Hundreds of New Orleans plantations used to line the Mississippi River throughout Louisiana. Now there are few, mostly ...

At first, New Orleans was divided into plantations radiating from the river. Barthelemy Lafon redrew the maps to plan the Lower Garden District. Richard Campanella found old survey lines that remain.

New Orleans' Delord Sarpy House, at the corner of Andrew Higgins Boulevard and Camp Street, was among the vast swaths of land city founder Bienville claimed for himself.

The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811 uprising can inspire a new generation to fight racism.