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Ten Years After Katrina: Lessons From Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's Charleston fits the same complicated and troubling profile as Louisiana's New Orleans.
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Across the South, Many Jails Are Illegal Debtors’ Prisons
Local courts across the US are illegally locking up poor people when they cannot afford to pay fines.
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Reflections on New Orleans’ Uneven Recovery
New Orleans' politicians are proclaiming the city to be better off than it was before Hurricane Katrina. But are they right?
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If You Are Poor, It’s Like the Hurricane Just Happened: Malik Rahim on Katrina Ten Years After
Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, Malik Rahim took Democracy Now! around the neighborhood of Algiers.
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New Orleans: Recovery or Removal?
How have federal, state and city policies affected the people of New Orleans?
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New Orleans Memorializes Beloved Saxophonist Tim Green
Today marks the first year anniversary of the passing of Tim Green, musician, educator, activist, and a "Renaissance man of our time."
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A Hundred Quiet Ways: Louisiana Legalizes Discrimination
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order in May that legalized discrimination against same-sex couples on the basis of religious belief.
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Louisiana Tribe Renews Fight for Federal Recognition in the Face of Sinking Lands, Environmental Disasters
The United Houma Nation is taking yet another stand.
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Louisiana Denies Compensation to Dying Exonerated Death Row Prisoner as Former Prosecutor Apologizes
Glenn Ford was freed in March 2014.
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Louisiana Residents Convince EPA That Burning Explosive Waste Outside Is a Bad Idea
But the explosive crisis at Camp Minden is not over yet.