Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson, on opposite wings of the party on several issues, run for a House seat in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
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Posted inPolitics
A Long, Tough Year of Favorites
Prospect Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley’s Best of 2020
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Can the ‘Senate Six’ Beat Voter Suppression and Democratic Disinvestment?
The results among Black Democratic candidates in the South may provide fresh clues about the direction of the party and the country.
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Like Southwest Louisiana, FEMA Is Worn Down
This summer’s furies, Hurricanes Laura in August, Sally in September, and Delta in October, pummeled the same southwest corner of Louisiana. Blue tarps covered the roofs of the places Laura spared. Delta blew them off and flooded anything still standing. After the storm cleared out, area residents flocked to Twitter to complain that the country—especially […]
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
After Losing, Pipeline Company Refuses to Pay Legal Fees in Trespassing Case
Bayou Bridge is hoping the typically pliant state government in Louisiana will come to its aid.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can a Pipeline Company Invoke Eminent Domain? A Louisiana Court Ducks.
The company must pay property owners for its abuses, but its ability to take property in the cause of the ‘public good’—however tenuous—remains intact.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Constitutional Option to Fight the Climate Crisis
Ubiquitous pipelines crisscrossing America and worries over climate change raise the question: Does transporting oil and gas serve the public interest?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Koch Network’s Criminal Justice Team-Ups Only Go So Far
Democrat John Bel Edwards worked with the Koch empire on criminal justice. Now their money is going to unseat him in the Louisiana governor’s race.
Posted inWorking in America
Hard Lessons From the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse
In an industry with lax enforcement of safety standards and where the companies in charge are let off the hook, worker deaths are all too common.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Doesn’t Have to Be Illegal to Be Out of Reach
Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and several other states are trying to create insurmountable obstacles for women seeking abortions.