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Angola Farm Line trial testimony reveals traumas tied to field labor

After hard work in the sun on the Farm Line, he’d fall asleep, only to be visited by nightmares, Chadarius Morehead testified on Thursday, in the ongoing federal trial that will determine the constitutionality of forced field labor at Angola.
by Bernard Smith February 6, 2026 Updated February 11, 2026

A town on the brink of extinction: Modeste is facing an acute concentration of industry as a proposed new development threatens to engulf it

Delaney Nolan on the town of Modeste and a new giant industrial park planned for the area.
by Carolyne Heldman February 6, 2026 Updated February 6, 2026

Cameron pipeline blast shows why local air monitoring is needed, environmental group says

Air-monitoring equipment for the Habitat Recovery Project positioned 25 miles away from where Tuesday’s explosion happened, tracked a steep spike in particulate matter at the time of the explosion and other substantial increases four hours afterward, as natural gas from the pipe burned.
by Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator February 6, 2026 Updated February 11, 2026
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The looming return of Jim Crow to Louisiana, America’s second-Blackest state

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the central provision that has protected minority voters from discriminatory maps and election systems for 60 years.
by Adam Ganucheau, Deep South Today February 5, 2026 Updated February 7, 2026

To lead us, you must listen to us

A message to all city leaders and adults from “The Seven That Make It Happen,” a youth council of Black teenagers ages 16 and 17, who are detained pre-trial in Orleans Parish’s juvenile jail
by The Seven That Make It Happen February 4, 2026 Updated February 7, 2026

Angola Farm Line lawsuit, now class action, proceeds to five-day trial

The court will determine whether forced prison field labor is unconstitutional and in violation of federal disability law
by Bernard Smith February 3, 2026 Updated February 7, 2026

The farcical case against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for protest reporting

The Justice Department is weaponizing a law intended to protect those seeking abortions to punish reporters covering anti-ICE activism.
by David Bralow, The Intercept February 2, 2026 Updated February 4, 2026

Corrections costs surge two years after Landry and lawmakers vote to keep people in prison longer

On Friday, the governor’s team presented a budget proposal that includes an $82 million increase in state funding for its corrections system.
by Julie O'Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator February 2, 2026 Updated February 4, 2026

A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks

Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.
by Shefali Luthra, The 19th January 30, 2026 Updated January 30, 2026
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Fight the corruption that led to the Louisiana datacenter in Rayville

The Public Service Commission approved the power plants for the datacenter project by a 4-1 margin, sending a signal nationwide to all prospective datacenter companies: ‘Come to Louisiana, where they sell their people out for pennies on the dollar.’
by Nick Laborde January 29, 2026 Updated January 28, 2026

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