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When the land sickens: the public health cost of environmental rollbacks
Opinion

When the land sickens: the public health cost of environmental rollbacks

by Dr. Rachel Bervell December 11, 2025December 9, 2025
You can enforce immigration law in professional ways
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You can enforce immigration law in professional ways

by Arthur Hunter Jr. December 9, 2025December 9, 2025
Home for the Holidays
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Home for the Holidays

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Murrill: NOPD is breaking laws if it doesn’t ‘fully cooperate’ with ICE, Border Patrol
ICE enforcement

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Nobody Seems to Want Carbon Capture — Not Even Air Products
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Nobody Seems to Want Carbon Capture — Not Even Air Products

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New Orleans does not want or need a mass enforcement operation
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New Orleans does not want or need a mass enforcement operation

by Royce Duplessis December 5, 2025December 5, 2025
We learned from Katrina what government-created trauma looks like. Let’s not repeat it.
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We learned from Katrina what government-created trauma looks like. Let’s not repeat it.

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