Until 1999, a barbed wire fence divided the University from the impoverished and primarily black community of Old South Baton Rouge. The neighborhood, known as “the Bottom,” encompasses about...

Since its introduction by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the war on poverty has been washed, wrung and laid out to dry. What started out as a push for better schools, health, homes and job opportunities...

Lifelong Baton Rouge resident Laura Bell waits at the Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center to be called next. She’s patient and shows her brother a protective smile. When approached, Bell talks with...

The North Gate area has seen countless changes in recent years. The area near South Baton Rouge — known as a low-income neighborhood — is where the city first began, and it is now switching...