An Iron Brigade soldier’s legacy lives on in his Civil War diary, preserved and shared by his descendants. Charles H. Walker, who settled in Rio after the war, recorded his nearly four years of ...

The impact of the news that the new Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots in the 7th Ward of New Orleans was palpable even ...

Many commentators have strained to make sense of the connection to Haiti. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAITILIBRE.COM Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has ...

But this response, while intuitively satisfying, walks into a rhetorical trap laid by the very people it seeks to expose.

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Dozens of protesters marched up the hills of Haiti’s capital on Sunday demanding an end to persistent gang violence as they called on the country’s prime ...

Meanwhile, Haiti’s National Police, bolstered by a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police, has struggled in its fight against gangs as the mission remains underfunded and understaffed, with ...