A new survey commissioned by a New Orleans nonprofit group found that 53% of residents would support a stormwater fee aimed ...

The National Register of Historic Places deemed the Carver Theater the "ultimate" movie house for Black residents.

The Native American Housing Block Grant program is on the Trump administration's chopping block. But the program is "not a ...

Considered New Orleans' top-notch Black vaudeville theater, the 2,000-seat Lyric was located in the French Quarter from 1919 ...

Verite News editor-in-chief Terry Baquet spoke with scholar, Harvard University professor and columnist for The Atlantic ...

Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center ...

Kermit Ruffins, owner of Kermit’s Tremé Mother-in-Law Lounge, is stepping down from managing the iconic New Orleans jazz bar.

Located at 3940 Thalia St., the Gem “provided a first-class experience to Black patrons,” a 2019 Country Roads Magazine ...

Rep. Patricia Moore, D-Monroe, at the Louisiana State Capitol building on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Credit: John Gray / Verite News Sign up for Verite's free, bi-weekly newsletter and get the New ...