Summer temperatures are only going to keep rising. We need a stronger, smarter, more connected grid before the next heatwave pushes us past the breaking point.

Picayune environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein on the federal flood after the U.S. Army Corps' levees failed and flooded ...

Reporter Marta Jewson, educator Deborah Richardson and advocate Ashana Bigard on John McDonogh High School's demise after a Los Angeles-based charter group took control.

In a lawsuit about a slaughterhouse that once stood at the Alabo site, the U.S. Supreme Court first interpreted the 14th ...

Bernard Smith on conditions at Angola as heat alerts persist across the country. Gus Bennett on Essence Fest's rapid expansion — and questions about who it's serving.

Artist and poet José Torres-Tama created his new Katrina @ 20 exhibition: No Papers! No Fear!, which opens on Friday, to commemorate the immigrants who contributed to an epic New Orleans rebirth — ...

An excerpt from Lens award-winning contributor Chuck Perkins’ new book, Beautiful and Ugly Too, released last week by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press.

Delaney Dryfoos on what the Alabo Street Wharf development may mean for neighbors. Matthew Wollenweber on NOPD's use of surveillance, including 5,000 cameras and partnerships that use facial ...

The governor-appointed board chair who says he’s involved with staff 16 hours a day should not be involved in day-to-day operations. He seems to be filling a vacant position and acting as the regional ...

The reason for the city’s May blackout is Entergy, which uses its transmission system to prevent competition and maximize profits from its fleet of gas plants. That sacrifices reliability, as we saw ...