As Essence gears up for its 30th annual Festival of Culture in New Orleans on Thursday, controversial rules that govern the area around the event are already in effect. The "clean zone" rules, ...

With Super Bowl LIX preparations in full force, New Orleans plans to again sign off on the NFL's demands that the city restrict portions of downtown from unauthorized advertising and commercial ...

For years, major sporting and cultural events have bullied host cities into suppressing free speech and other fundamental rights via so-called “clean zone” ordinances. Such measures typically ...

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday (Oct. 10) unanimously approved a Super Bowl “clean zone,” which will temporarily regulate and restrict public and commercial activity across a swath of New ...