Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, ...

It had been previously thought that the Poverty Point earthworks in northeastern Louisiana were inhabited some 3,500 years ...

New archaeological research challenges long-held assumptions about why ancient hunter-gatherers built the monumental earthworks at Poverty Point in Louisiana some 3,500 years ago. Rather than serving ...

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

Discover Louisiana’s November charm where golden sunsets, quiet trails, and soulful festivals warm every traveler ...

About 3,500 years ago, in a bend of the Mississippi River in what is now northeastern Louisiana, groups of hunter-gatherers ...

Facts about the Mississippi River are highlighted. Journalist Boyce Upholt talked about his experience traveling on the river.

Archaeologists have confirmed that Aguada Fénix, the largest and oldest known Maya monument, was designed as a massive cosmogram representing the Maya conception of the universe. New excavations at ...

(Louisiana Illuminator) — Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance ...

Map of child poverty concentrations measured over 2022-2024. Population Reference Bureau analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2023 to 2025 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.

Louisiana’s child poverty rate over the past three years leads the nation, according to a new study that attributes the trend to rising costs and expiring public assistance programs. The state also ...

This action will reduce the existing buffer areas from ½ mile to ¼ mile from the Cameron Jetties to Rutherford Beach, ...