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Louisiana

'Making Sacrifices for All of Us,' Indigenous Water Protectors Arrested at Pipeline Company's Shareholder Meeting

'Major Victory': Landowner's Legal Challenge Halts Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

While celebrating the win, activists noted that "construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continues in other parts of the Atchafalaya Basin" and vowed to keep fighting to completely shut down the project

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Anti-Pipeline Kayaktivists Hit With Felony Charges Under Louisiana's New ALEC-Inspired Law That Criminalizes Protest

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Activists battling the pipeline project say the fossil fuel company's private...

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Outrage, But Little Surprise, After Police Officers Face No Charges for Killing of Alton Sterling

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Neither Louisiana, nor any other U.S. state, complies with international...

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'Punctured Like a Pin Cushion' From Oil and Gas Drilling, Scientists Warn of Growing Sinkhole Threat in Texas

While Shooting Massacres of Kids Could Not, Dog Killed by Airline Spurs GOP Senator to Act Fast

'Outrageous': Demanding Pay Raises for Educators Over Superintendent, Teacher Pushed to Ground and Arrested

Enraged Opponents Vow Nonviolent Resistance After Louisiana Pipeline Approved

As Trump Moves to Slash Safety Rules, Oil Rig Explosion Leaves 7 Injured, 1 Missing

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Warnings of 'Life-Threatening Flooding' as Hurricane Nate Barrels Toward Gulf Coast

high school students take a knee during national anthem

Efforts by High Schools to Forbid #TakeaKnee Called 'Patently Unconstitutional'

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'Unprecedented' Rainfall and 'Catastrophic' Flooding Devastate the Gulf Coast

Will New Studies Make Betsy DeVos Admit School Vouchers Are a Total Scam?

'Love Outnumbers Hate' as New Orleans Parade Confronts Confederate Statue Protectors

Tom Cotton town hall

#ReclaimRecess: 'My Husband is Dying. What Kind of Insurance Do You Have?'

In Day of Action, Activists Demand Obama Cancel Oil Leases in Gulf

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Center for Biological Diversity

Dozens of Small Business Owners, Religious Groups, Scientists Ask Supreme Court to Maintain Habitat Protections for Endangered Frogs

Louisiana Bucket Brigade

St. James Site of 37 Petrochemical Accidents, No Bayou Bridge Jobs

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bayou Bridge Fight Heads to Federal Court

Center for Reproductive Rights

New Report: 2016 a Pivotal Year for Women’s Reproductive Rights, with Many Battles Ahead

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

New Report Documents Thousands of Polling Place Closures Since VRA Was Gutted

ACLU

Federal Court Blocks Louisiana’s Online Age-Verification Law for Violating First Amendment

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Sue Sturgis

The 2018 Ballot Measures That Could Help Build a More Just South

Bill Quigley

Warning Letter to Harvey and Irma Survivors from Katrina Survivor

Adolph Reed Jr.

Monumental Rubbish: With the Statues Torn Down, What Next for New Orleans?

Sue Sturgis

Meet the Southern Senators Critical to Blocking Obamacare's Repeal

David Korten

Mayor's Unflinching Honesty About Confederate Monuments Gives Me Hope

Bill Quigley

How to Reverse Incarceration in Louisiana: Thirteen Steps to Stop Being First in Being Last

Sue Sturgis

As More Southerners Benefit From It, Medicaid Expansion Faces Congressional Death Threats

Christopher Brauchli

The Mosquito and the Politician

Gary Rivlin

White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not.

Arlie Hochschild

Donald Trump in the Bayou

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