WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Progress toward U.S. racial equality and social change envisioned by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is spotty 40 years after his death.

NEW ORLEANS, April 29 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined about 750 people for a protest against the lack of progress in rebuilding the poorest parts of New Orleans.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee opened what likely will be a lengthy look into government responses to Hurricane Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Six more people were charged in New Orleans in an alleged scheme to skim money from an $81 million energy-saving contract under former Mayor Marc Morial.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Democrats won a bitter tug of war with Republicans Saturday when Louisiana voters returned Mary Landrieu to the Senate with a runoff victory over Suzanne Haik Terrell. In the state's 5th Congressional district, Democrat Rodney Alexander defeated Lee Fletc

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Residents of New Orleans are not easily surprised by events at City Hall. They are used to the foibles of a politically entrenched local government that tends t

NEW ORLEANS, July 25 (UPI) -- Mayor Ray Nagin named a new director at the New Orleans health department Thursday in his expanding campaign to overhaul city government and investigate charges

NEW ORLEANS, July 22 (UPI) -- Mayor Ray Nagin fired the first round in his battle against corruption in New Orleans city government Monday, sending police to arrest 84 city workers and others on charges ranging from bribery to malfeasance.

NEW ORLEANS, July 22 (UPI) -- Mayor Ray Nagin fired the first round in his battle against corruption in New Orleans city government Monday, sending police to arrest 84 people on charges ranging from bribery to malfeasance. Nagin began the investigation two months ago shortly after bei