He won awards for pioneering journalism on the hurricane vulnerability of New Orleans. Then Katrina hit and washed the awards ...

Jules Lion, who was born in Paris in 1810, came to New Orleans as a master lithographer. It was his mastery of daguerreotype, ...

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2025 began Thursday (April 24) with a showcase of local talent and other acts from ...

“This is America,” said Carter, speaking from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, a privately run women’s immigration ...

The federal government has terminated two grants for African American history and culture awarded to the Whitney Plantation, ...

Following a Verite News and ProPublica investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose ...

Sign up for Verite's free newsletters and get the New Orleans news you need three times a week. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival began Thursday (April 24 ...

Security barricades, city workers and permitting problems haven’t stopped perennial entrepreneurs outside this year’s Jazz ...

Changes to how short-term rentals are taxed have been proposed as well. A bill sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, ...

Thomy Lafon, born in New Orleans in 1810, earned enough money to become the wealthiest Black man in America. However, being a ...

Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930" offers a reality check, writes Fatima Shaik.