March 17, 2010 -
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica
March 16, 2010 -
As a state that depends heavily on coal-fired power, North Carolina currently dumps more climate-disrupting carbon dioxide pollution into the environment from burning fossil fuels than 186 nations.
March 15, 2010 -
Immigrant rights advocates have sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano asking them to immediately suspend all immigration enforcement activities through the end of the year in order to decrease fear within immigrant communities and encourage their participation in the 2010 Census.
March 12, 2010 -
Organizations and individuals that were involved in the Hurricane Katrinarecovery effort in New Orleans are now applying the lessons theylearned following that disaster to help the people ofearthquake-stricken Haiti. Launched shortly after the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated theHaitian capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding region, the effortwas initially called the Haiti Emergency Village Project but has sincechanged its name to the Louisiana/Haiti Sustainable Village Project. Itinvolves more than 40 disaster recovery and urban infrastructure
March 11, 2010 -
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March 11, 2010 -
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica A second former New Orleans Police Department officer has been charged in federal courtin connection with the Sept. 4, 2005 shootings on the Danziger Bridge.Jeffrey Lehrmann, who left the NOPD to work for U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement, was charged last month with concealing a crime,