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Heavy Rainfall Barry's Real Danger—and Climate Crisis is to Blame

Infrared captures Hurricane Barry on Saturday morning ahead of making landfall. Barry was downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting the Louisiana coast.

Days Before Hurricane Expected to Hit New Orleans, City Endures 10 Inches of Rain as Mississippi River Swells

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Annunciation Street in New Orleans was flooded Wednesday morning.

"Overlapping extreme-weather events aren't just a New Orleans problem."

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'Coalition Against Death Alley' Kicks Off 5-Day March for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Petrochemical Corridor

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"What we are seeing illustrated now is intentional genocide," says one march...

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Joining Wave of GOP Anti-Choice Attacks, Louisiana's Democratic Governor Signs Abortion Ban Authored By Democrat

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Women are the base of the Democratic Party, and if you're not fighting...

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Protesters march during a demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

'Vague, Overly Broad, and Sweeping in Scope': Lawsuits Take Aim at Efforts to Criminalize Anti-Pipeline Protests

Calls for Probe Into White Supremacy and Domestic Terrorism After Arrest for Arson Attacks on Black Churches

'Paging Senator Collins—This Is on You': Efforts to Oust Maine Republican Intensify After Kavanaugh's Anti-Abortion Vote

After Dissent in Louisiana Abortion Case, Warnings That 'Kavanaugh Has Declared War on Roe v. Wade'

'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

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

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

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

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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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Katherine Newman

Retirement Shouldn’t Mean Poverty

Kiana Calloway

I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It

Jeff Bryant

The Federal Government Has Poured Millions into Failing Charter Schools in Louisiana

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