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Eva Baham, Dillard University professor of history and chair of the Cultural Repatriation Committee, holds a box containing one of 19 skulls of African Americans returned to New Orleans in May 2025 after they were shipped from Charity Hospital to Germany more than a century ago.

Honoring the repatriated Black New Orleanians whose skulls were taken for pseudoscience

Alana Schreiber

Dr. Eva Baham, a historian who led Dillard’s repatriation efforts in partnership with the University of Leipzig, joined Louisiana Considered managing producer Alana Schreiber on Friday to discuss what she learned about the racist study, the 19 individuals and the return of their remains.

Health

How two New Orleans surgeons challenged an insurance giant’s reluctance to cover patients’ bills

T. Christian Miller (ProPublica)

Blue Cross Louisiana OK’d mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital’s full bills. For some claims, it paid nothing.

An architectural rendering of the exterior view of Walker’s Imaginarium, featuring dedicated exterior entrance with spacious first floor entry, including a monumental staircase and an elevator that leads directly to the 2nd and 3rd floor exhibit floors, which also tie directly into the inpatient tower for easy access.

Children’s Hospital New Orleans plans to open play center for pediatric cancer patients

Adam Vos

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new play center coming to Children’s Hospital New Orleans. We also hear about updated bus routes in New Orleans and learn why activists in the Gulf South are calling for housing that’s adapted for climate change.