Louisiana
Louisiana plan draws support but raises concern among fishermen
April 5, 2012The plan would fix significant environmental problems and repair the state's receding coastline.
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Appeal issued for two held in isolation for 40 years
April 5, 2012April 17 will mark 40 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been held in isolation at The Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. April 17 will mark 40 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman...
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For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough
August 1, 2011Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.
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Louisiana workers say union jobs break down barriers
July 21, 2011The bosses don't want lots of union workers because they tend to break down the racial divide that has slowed progress in this part of the country ever since the end of the Civil War.
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New Orleans diary: Seafood, hospitality, an appeal for help
July 20, 2011Katrina was the first in what would become a series of tragedies for the Big Easy, the next being the 2010 BP oil spill.
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