News | Economy & Labor New Orleans Workers Organize First E-Bike Ride Sharing Union in US Led by trans mechanics, Blue Krewe United received union recognition this month. By Frances Madeson , Truthout August 30, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Louisiana’s Hurricane Victims Struggle to Recover as Climate Disasters Pile Up Government agencies have abandoned Black and low-income communities in the face of one devastating storm after another. By Adam Mahoney , CapitalB April 15, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Chicago Mayoral Candidate Vallas Destabilized Majority-Black Schools Across US Paul Vallas turned schools into test prep factories, punishing and publicly shaming “failing” schools and teachers. By Pauline Lipman , Camika Royal , Adrienne Dixson , Truthout April 3, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Lowe’s Workers in New Orleans Petition to Form Company’s First-Ever Union If successful, workers for the home improvement store would be the first of the company’s 1,723 stores to form a union. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 13, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Law-and-Order Policies Make Us Less Safe. The Trajectory of the ’90s Shows Why. Across the U.S., Democratic politicians are embracing playbooks that put mass incarceration into overdrive in the ‘90s. By Lydia Pelot-Hobbs , Truthout September 13, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Curfew and Cops Are Not Hurricane Relief for the Poor, Says Mutual Aid Activist President Joe Biden is visiting New Orleans, which is under curfew enforced by police and the National Guard. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 3, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health New Orleans Was Left in the Dark During Ida Because of Natural Gas Plant Failure A new natural gas plant built last year was supposed to keep the city powered through extreme weather events. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 31, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Climate Crises Converge as Wildfire Burns West and Hurricane Pummels South The climate crisis, brought on by fossil fuel companies, is worsening converging crises in the U.S. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 30, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Louisiana Attorney General Fights School Mask Mandate as COVID Spikes Among Kids Students are going back to school in Louisiana as cases among children rise faster than any other state in the nation. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout August 10, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Louisiana Official Gets Industry Cash to Push Pipeline Through Local Communities Black and Indigenous community members say that they have not been asked whether they want the toxic infrastructure. By Sara Sneath , Southerly October 4, 2020 Truthout