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

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

The state has been used for widespread drilling since the 1940s, leaving present-day residents to cope with destabilized land

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"One dog dies and we get a bill immediately. Over 7,000 children have died in...

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"I feel like it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers and...

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Enraged Opponents Vow Nonviolent Resistance After Louisiana Pipeline Approved

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

Hurricane Nate

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

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

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

Gulf Residents Arrested Telling Obama: More Drilling Equals More Floods

Newswire

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

350.org

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

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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

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

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

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