Malaco Records, founded in 1962 in Jackson, Miss., needed a hit. Previous recordings had not gained any traction, and money ...

Alexander Dimitry was a man of firsts. He was Louisiana’s first state superintendent of education, the first person of color ...

Prosecutors fighting the release of death row inmate Jimmie Duncan after a judge found him “factually innocent” of raping and ...

This Saturday (July 5), the Ashé Cultural Arts Center will lead a procession in remembrance of the horrors of the slave trade ...

The Essence Festival of Culture, known for its celebration of Black culture, music, and food, might not seem like the first ...

Hundreds of people from one of the country’s largest labor unions amassed in New Orleans on Tuesday (July 1) afternoon to ...

A new law gives economic development officials more power to change the state’s film tax credit program. A law enacting new ...

Some members of the Black business community in New Orleans say they feel shut out by Essence Fest organizers.

Part of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, these satellites provide hurricane forecasters with real-time imagery ...

As thousands of architects and planners flocked to New Orleans in 2014 for the world’s largest sustainable design conference, ...

Louisiana lawmakers are watching the end of the Supreme Court’s term closely for its opinion on a case that will either ...

Tulane University is no longer pursuing disciplinary action against seven students who were originally facing consequences ...