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

As the peaceful protest snaked through the streets of New Orleans, brass bands and second-line parade marchers walked behind a banner that read: "Bury white supremacy." (Photo: Brett Duke, Nola.com/ The Times-Picayune)

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

Nika Knight, staff writer

Tom Cotton town hall

In a tense, public showdown over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that is being echoed at contentious Republican town halls across the country , a distraught woman at Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-Ark.) town hall on Wednesday stood up and told Cotton: "My husband is dying." The woman said that her husband is suffering from Alzheimers and dementia, and her...

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

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

President Barack Obama must "live up to his climate legacy," a group of climate...

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Global Warming Likely Doubled Chances of Historic Louisiana Rainfall, Study Finds

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

New federal research backs up claims the historic rainfall that triggered...

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Louisiana Climate-Deniers Who Refused Sandy Victims Now Want Federal Flood Relief

Gulf Residents Arrested Telling Obama: More Drilling Equals More Floods

Amid Flooding, Groups Call for End to 'Unconscionable' Fossil Fuel Auctions

Scientists Say Expect More 1,000-Year Events Like Louisiana Flood

Floodwaters are seen on Range Road and I-12 in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, U.S., August 13, 2016.

"Don't Rely on Your Past Experiences:" La. Battles "Unprecedented" Flooding

Profile of Baton Rouge Police Shooter Emerging: Military Veteran, Said 'You've Got to Fight Back'

Police Officers Reportedly Shot in Baton Rouge

ACLU Sues Baton Rouge Police for Violating Rights at Alton Sterling Protests

Tensions High as Combat-Ready Police Confront National Black Lives Matter Protests

Demonstrations Against Police Violence Occupy Streets in US and UK

Justice Demanded for Black Man Shot and Killed Point-Blank by Louisiana Police

'Hoop After Hoop': How Gulf Coast States Are Playing Politics with Women's Health

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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

350.org

Groups Deliver Petition Urging Obama Administration to Cancel Gulf Drilling Lease Sale

Center for Biological Diversity

Analysis: Burning Unleased Fossil Fuels in Gulf of Mexico Would Release 33 Billion Tons of Greenhouse Gas Pollution

350.org

Gulf Residents Occupy BOEM office in Louisiana To Demand That President Obama Cancel Upcoming Fossil Fuel Lease Sale

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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

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

Climate Change and the 1,000-year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will We Learn?

Bill Quigley

Katrina Pain Index 2016 by the Numbers: Race and Class Gap Widening

Rae Breaux

The New Normal: Organizing to Break the Cycle of Climate Disaster

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