gulf coast
August 9, 2011 -
Last week, scientists for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the Gulf Dead Zone - an area of ocean unable to sustain sea life for much of the year - had reached 6,765 square miles, roughly the size of New Jersey.
April 25, 2011 -
Along the Gulf Coast, the oil industry's harm to communities' health goes far beyond the BP disaster. A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis
January 1, 2011 -
Long before the BP disaster, the Gulf energy industry had been a persistent threat to community health.
June 28, 2010 -
JUNE 2010 | Facing South traveled hundreds of miles along the Gulf Coast, interviewing residents, community leaders, government officials and BP representatives for our week-long fact-finding mission. A glimpse at the news and lessons we discovered at the scene of our nation's biggest oil disaster.
March 1, 2010 -
There's an effort underway in Louisiana to use the 2010 Census to pull in federal funding for Cajun and Creole cultural programs, and it's stirring up some controversy over how to best classify members of the state's French-speaking cultures.
February 12, 2010 -
Ever since the Census Bureau's offbeat 30 second Super Bowl ad, there's been a lot more buzz about the upcoming 2010 Census count and the impact of an under-count in your state (which suggests that even if the ad wasn't great, it succeeded in getting people talking).
October 7, 2009 -
For at least 170 years, Isle de Jean Charles -- a narrow ridge of land lying between Bayou Terrebonne and Bayou Pointe-aux-Chene in southeastern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish -- has been home to members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha tribe, native people related to the Choctaw and part of a larger
