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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.

The nurses union claims that hospital management has used bad-faith bargaining tactics to drag out negotiations for more than ...

The National Nurses Organizing Committee accused the University Medical Center of New Orleans and LCMC Health of “surface ...

Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigationsfellow examining law enforcement and the justice system in Mississippi.

Benny Jones Sr., founder of Tremé Brass Band, at his home in New Orleans on April 23, 2026. He is featured on this year's Jazz Fest poster. Credit: Christiana Botic/Verite News and Catchlight ...

Keith Ezidore, whose 1993 conviction for murder was overturned, may be released as his bail amount was dramatically lowered.

Federal civil rights suit claims that Landry, Murrill engaged in a ‘coordinated conspiracy’ to keep Calvin Duncan from taking ...