The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

"As someone who taught high school students in Louisiana and who has worked for years trying to safely reduce incarceration rates and prevent violence, I’m particularly alarmed by Amendment 3," writes ...

State and district school officials argue that they’ve complied with a 2015 federal civil-rights judgment. But lawyers ...

Council members say they feel beholden to the November agreement that they’d forged with the school board. And though the ...