The case of the Jena Six in Louisiana closed quietly on Friday as the remaining defendants accepted a plea deal. The case highlighted the miscarriages of justice that black youth face across the country. More...
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A coalition of health care groups advocating for public health insurance have launched a 10-day television ad campaign targeting senators in 10 states, including Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina. More...
As the debate rages over health care reform, a new study by a group of Harvard doctors found that several major health and life-insurance companies in both the United States and overseas have nearly $4.5 billion invested in tobacco stocks. More...
As the hurricane season opens, officials on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are concerned about the record number of foreclosed homes -- which when left unsecured could become sources of dangerous wind-blown debris and damage neighboring homes in already-struggling communities. More...
Today marks the first day of hurricane season, and much is being reported on preparations happening along the Gulf Coast to prepare for stormier weather. But Gulf Coast advocates have also been preparing another big push to shore up Congressional support for the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. More...
In a matter of days, thousands in the Gulf Coast will face eviction from their FEMA trailers. Advocates are now calling on the federal government to intervene and extend the deadline, and uphold its promise to rebuild the Gulf Coast. More...
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans public schools struggle to serve students and the educational waters are still muddy. More...
Last week, researchers at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Southern California released a study that confirms what many people are all too familiar with: toxic pollution falls disproportionately on lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color. More...
Coming almost four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a bipartisan bill was introduced this week in Congress to create more jobs and support sustainable rebuilding efforts in the region. More...
These past few weeks have ushered in heated battles in state legislatures as lawmakers in Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas moved to go around their governors and accept federal stimulus unemployment aid. This month we're waiting for several of these fights to come to a head. More...
A populist movement is growing in Louisiana as residents join together to push for post-Katrina recovery -- but as Monteic A. Sizer observes, this is not your grandfather's populist movement. More...
For poor Latinos life in the South is like living in a "war zone" as they face growing levels of widespread hostility, discrimination and exploitation in communities and workplaces across the region. More...
A landmark civil suit began in federal court this week to consider claims by New Orleans-area property owners that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to properly maintain the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet -- a case that could result in settlements for hundreds of thousands of Katrina victims. More...
The U.S. boycott of an international conference on racism is a major setback for efforts to overcome racial inequality both domestically and around the world. More...
As scandals plague FEMA's Gulf Coast recovery bureaucracy, the Obama administration announces plans to shut down FEMA's New Orleans-based Gulf Coast Recovery Office. More...
Ivor van Heerden, who led the state's independent investigation into Hurricane Katrina levee failures, says he was not given a reason for the school's decision. More...
Louisiana residents impacted by repeated disasters stand to be the losers in an ongoing stalemate between the state and federal government. Dr. Monteic Sizer says. More...
For the U.S. Census Bureau, getting everyone counted in New Orleans is far more difficult than in any other city. To do the job, they are calling for the help of the ethnic media. More...
Governors from four southern states and Alaska have said they'll refuse at least some of the $787 billion stimulus package Congress hopes will rescue the flagging economy. More...
FRI 4/3 | If you're in New Orleans this weekend, it's not too late to check out Patois, a film festival exploring social-justice issues both in Louisiana and across the nation and globe. More...
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