louisiana

July 19, 2005 - Pam's House Blend has the latest on the rapidly emerging favorite for O'Connor's Supreme Court spot, Edith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans. She's no centrist, but there might be a little discontent on the right if she's the one.

June 21, 2005 - It's been at least a few hours since Gary or I blogged about the Senate lynching resolution scandal, so I feel moved to weigh in with one more thought, this one about the regional character of the Lack

June 21, 2005 - It's been at least a few hours since Gary or I blogged about the Senate lynching resolution scandal, so I feel moved to weigh in with one more thought, this one about the regional character of

June 14, 2005 - The U.S. Senate has apologized for not passing anti-lynching legislation when it was really needed -- say, 70, 80, 90 years ago, when some of the 4700 lives that were taken in lynchings across the country might have been saved.

June 6, 2005 - The Louisiana coast may be rapidly sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. And Texas may be next. But how fast, and why?

April 12, 2005 - Our friend Pam Spaulding has a rundown on "The State of Bigoted Marriage Amendments" newly added to state constitutions. The South is, to no one's surprise, solid on the issue. Five Southern states passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage just last year: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi (plus, for good measure, border state Oklahoma). North Carolina has such an amendment under consideration.

August 1, 1998 - Boosters lured chemical companies to southeast Louisiana for “economic development.” What they got was a public health nightmare and charges of environmental racism. Welcome to what residents call “Cancer Alley.”