New Orleans will honor Juneteenth this year with a lineup of events that celebrate Black history, artistry and liberation ...

Congratulations are in order for these famous offspring, who include the kids of Heidi Klum, Alicia Keys, Dwyane Wade, ...

Protests can serve two opposing purposes. They can represent a mass movement in favor of democracy – and simultaneously serve ...

Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the United States on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns and small ...

Kimberly Terrell accused university leaders of trying to censor her work to spotlight harms to local communities plagued by industrial pollution.

The streets of the French Quarter are awash in rainbow flags, banners and signs, as residents and local businesses prepare ...

Kimberly Terrell accused the university of sacrificing academic freedom to appease Louisiana’s Republican governor.

When Nottoway Plantation went up in flames last month, the destruction of a place rooted in the nation's history of ...

Indeed, it is impossible to speak of New Orleans ... Stock Photo One workaround was the system of plaçage, which allowed white men of status to cohabitate and procreate with Black Creole women ...

Documents suggest that the new pope, Leo XIV, is descended from people of color with roots in a well-known Creole neighborhood in New Orleans. PHOTO ... “I am a Black woman with blonde hair and blue ...

The curious background of Pope Leo XIV, the North American formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, is already making waves, with some calling the new pontiff the first Black pope and others ...

The new pope has Haitian blood, and his great-grandparents were listed through census records as 'free people of color' living in Louisiana. Research has led to reports that the new pontiff, Pope ...