Louisiana

“Ending the 10-2 jury rule in Louisiana will not solve the issue of mass incarceration or dismantle White supremacy, but it will deal a significant blow to both.”

The pipeline is slated to run through St. James Parish, an area with a high number of oil refineries—and residents afflicted with cancer. 

ExxonMobil acknowledged that two of its refineries were damaged, and there was an unrelated pipeline leak. 

The vetting process is intended to keep out infiltrators and protect camp occupiers.

The Bayou Bridge Pipeline would transport North Dakota’s crude oil to refineries and facilities in Louisiana.

Plaquemines Parish still deals with the impact of the 2010 accident, and experts have differing ideas on how the money can best help the community.  

It took four days for responders to extinguish the blaze caused by the accident.

Duke—a former Ku Klux Klan leader, current Senate candidate and Donald Trump supporter—railed against the Black Lives Matter movement and Jews during a controversial debate appearance at Dillard University, an historically Black institution.

Because of global warming, events like the one that devastated Baton Rouge are 40 percent more likely today than a century ago.