louisiana state university
July 22, 2015 -
In 1965, South Asian students attended a July 4 rally in Louisiana to see how the holiday was celebrated. But the event was put on by white-supremacist Citizens' Councils, and some in the Confederate flag-waving crowd chased and assaulted the students. Watching Gov. Haley wrestle with the divisiveness over that flag brought back memories for Elaine Parker Adams, who also fled the crowd that day.
May 13, 2015 -
Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government's push for more accountability.
May 7, 2015 -
As Louisiana struggles with a looming $1.6 billion budget deficit, the Jindal administration is helping the state's oil and gas industry avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes and royalties. A new video primer details the scheme using data from state audits.
May 8, 2013 -
BP is scrambling to save the company's image from the realities of the ongoing Gulf disaster, but it can't hide the truth.
July 16, 2012 -
A federally-funded study involving university scientists and Gulf Coast communities impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is looking at toxic components of crude oil in Gulf seafood in the BP disaster's wake.
