Prankster activists target Venture Global LNG, to bring attention to the lives affected – and lost – around liquified natural gas plants.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Louisiana sanctions use of pepper spray and mace on detained juveniles
In July, a new state law put all Louisiana pretrial juvenile detention centers under the umbrella of the state Office of Juvenile Justice. Soon after, the agency filed an ‘emergency order’ approving the use of ‘chemical agents’ in those facilities.
Posted inOpinion
The heartbreaking but necessary work of covering school closures
Elevating family voices in a decentralized system.
Republished with permission from The Grade.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 249: ‘An America of enslavement’
A conversation with independent scholar and writer Deborah G. Plant on her book Of Greed and Glory.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
To bring insurance companies back to Louisiana, some suggest tackling it as a federal issue
At the height of hurricane season, Congressional candidate Devin Davis announces a plan to combat Louisiana’s home-insurance crisis. U.S. Rep. Troy Carter says he’s focused on a more apt federal concern: FEMA’s flood-hazard ratings.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind the Lens episode 248: ‘They’ve harmed our public health’
Sara Sneath on the fossil fuel industry’s relationship with Louisiana universities. Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on Rooted School’s guaranteed income study.
Posted inOpinion
Protecting Louisiana Workers is a Hot Topic
As heat sets new records across the nation, the risks that people face on-the-job are on the rise, especially in summer months.
Posted inSchools
Pencils, Laptops, and Guaranteed Income
Across the nation, there’s been an increase in programs looking at ways to help lift up young people – and move them from poverty into more secure futures. Administrators at Rooted School saw fewer absences, a jump in reading scores, and a boost in independence for students who received $50 weekly stipends.
Posted inOpinion
Our Lives or LNGs?
The right evacuation plan can save lives. Another LNG plant in Plaquemines Parish makes that impossible.
Posted inOpinion
No longer ‘half slave, half free’
Supposedly, the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states.” And yet the effect of the punishment-exception clause in the Thirteenth Amendment was to not only sanction the preservation of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to extend it nationwide.