/tags/louisiana Louisiana en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:31:00 GMT /2016-06-24/out-of-ashes-an-unwavering-resolve-thats-the-legacy-we-never-ran-away Before the Orlando shooting, the deadliest attack on LGBT people in the U.S. happened at a New Orleans gay bar. Decades later, a pastor recalls the fire's brutal — but, somehow, hopeful — aftermath. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:31:00 GMT /2016-06-24/out-of-ashes-an-unwavering-resolve-thats-the-legacy-we-never-ran-away NPR Staff /2015-08-21/in-new-orleans-hardest-hit-neighborhood-a-recovery-by-sheer-will Nine years after Hurricane Katrina, the area still had no grocery store. So, using his savings, Burnell Cotlon opened one himself. "If there's a problem," he says, "somebody's got to make a move." Fri, 21 Aug 2015 08:44:00 GMT /2015-08-21/in-new-orleans-hardest-hit-neighborhood-a-recovery-by-sheer-will NPR Staff /npr-news/npr-news/2015-06-11/from-solitary-to-the-streets-released-inmates-get-little-help An investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project found that many states don't keep track of how many inmates are released directly from solitary confinement without any transition or supervision. Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2015-06-11/from-solitary-to-the-streets-released-inmates-get-little-help Joseph Shapiro /music/2015-05-02/new-orleans-jazz-and-heritage-festival-is-vital-to-the-blues The New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival is a major event on America's festival calendar, each year it attracts a huge crowd and many great acts of many… Sat, 02 May 2015 15:00:00 GMT /music/2015-05-02/new-orleans-jazz-and-heritage-festival-is-vital-to-the-blues /music/2015-02-28/the-brass-tacks-of-new-orleans-bands There was a time in the city known for being without rules, New Orleans, that there were some rules for brass bands. Those days are gone.New Orleans brass… Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT /music/2015-02-28/the-brass-tacks-of-new-orleans-bands /2014-10-23/who-sang-it-first-mockingbirds-and-musicians-cover-each-other-in-new-orleans The mockingbird is known for latching on to sounds and repeating them. But in the case of a certain four-note phrase New Orleans musicians use to communicate, the bird may be the original artist. Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:22:00 GMT /2014-10-23/who-sang-it-first-mockingbirds-and-musicians-cover-each-other-in-new-orleans Eve Abrams /2014-10-15/in-increasingly-red-louisiana-democrat-landrieu-struggles-to-hold-on The senator's opponents are tying her to President Obama's unpopular health care and other policies, while she tries to focus on how she's different. Her race will help decide control of the Senate. Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:22:00 GMT /2014-10-15/in-increasingly-red-louisiana-democrat-landrieu-struggles-to-hold-on Debbie Elliott /npr-news/2014-02-27/fema-flood-insurance-law-faces-partial-repeal-over-premiums The law, passed in 2012, was meant to shift the financial risk of insuring flood-zone properties to homeowners. But some residents' premiums have skyrocketed. Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:26:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-02-27/fema-flood-insurance-law-faces-partial-repeal-over-premiums Ailsa Chang /npr-news/2014-02-13/through-the-internet-gay-teens-connected-to-larger-community Chat rooms and websites offered support for many gay kids growing up in small towns in the 1990s who felt detached from their peers. In the span of 20 years in the same Louisiana town, one teen today has had a very different experience than a woman who grew up there in the '80s. Thu, 13 Feb 2014 08:01:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-02-13/through-the-internet-gay-teens-connected-to-larger-community Steve Henn /npr-news/2013-10-02/dying-angola-3-inmate-freed-after-decades-in-solitary Herman Wallace, who spent more than four decades in solitary confinement after his conviction on murder charges related to a 1972 prison riot, is now suffering from liver cancer. A U.S. district judge in Louisiana ruled that Wallace had not received a fair trial. Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:38:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-10-02/dying-angola-3-inmate-freed-after-decades-in-solitary Scott Neuman