Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Louisiana

Incarcerated fathers line up in tuxedos and pink boutonnieres to wait for the arrival of their daughters for a new tradition at a Lousiana prison: a father-daughter dance. It was a way for families to reconnect with a loved one behind bars and part of a re-entry program for the prisoners. (God Behind Bars)

A brief escape: One night for family

CK Smith
The entrance of Angola Prison, Louisiana. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South" and "The Farm" is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

Louisiana's Jim Crow juries still linger

Richard A. Webster - ProPublica
Senator John Kennedy, R-LA (MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kennedy: Garcia deportation a "screw-up"

Alex Galbraith
Thousands are backed up and waiting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of events that occurred on the bridge iin Selma, Alabama in 1965. These marchers came to Selma today, Sunday, March 09, 2025. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Black voters' power hangs in the balance

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Advertisement:
Milk samples are seen as HDC receiving staff prep them for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Those "concerning" bird flu mutations

Nicole Karlis
Dr. Gaurav Shinde gives a patient her vaccinations for COVID and her flu shot at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance, California on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

La. DOH bans vaccine promotion

Griffin Eckstein
JD Vance and divorce (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP plot to keep married women "trapped"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in the area of Baton Rogue, Louisiana October 12, 2013. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

Citi behind environmental racism: report

Matthew Rozsa
Advertisement:
Dana Bash (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dana Bash: How I handle Trump insults

Dean Obeidallah
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the state's former attorney general, speaks during CPAC Texas 2022 conference. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

GOP blocks DA undoing "sins of the past"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Louisiana reclassifies abortion drugs

Rosemary Westwood - KFF Health News
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

SCOTUS may uphold "unconstitutional" law

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Advertisement:
Samuel Alito and the 10 Commandments in front of the Supreme Court of the US building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Louisiana asks SCOTUS for more theocracy

Amanda Marcotte
Rear view of teenage girls and boys learning in classroom (Getty Images/Maskot)

Law requires Ten Commandments in classes

Ashlie D. Stevens
A school bus adorned with rainbow colors. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Louisiana "Don't Say Gay" bill advances

Griffin Eckstein
A cemetery stands in stark contrast to the chemical plants that surround it October 15, 2013. 'Cancer Alley' is one of the most polluted areas of the United States and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

Justice Dept. sues Louisiana polluters

Lylla Younes - Grist
Advertisement:
A view of flood damaged buildings are seen as US President Joe Biden (not pictured) inspects the damage from Hurricane Ida onboard Marine One during an aerial tour of communities in Laffite, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, September 3, 2021. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Louisiana coast disappearing

Jake Bittle - Grist
Pregnant woman in a hospital bed holding a blanket, feeling abdominal pain, risk of miscarriage (Getty Images/Motortion)

Afraid to treat a miscarriage

Rosemary Westwood - KFF Health News
Pornhub (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Backlash to digital ID porn access law

Joy Saha
Solar panels and wind turbines (Getty Images/zf L)

A green breakthrough in Louisiana

Emily Pontecorvo, Lylla Younes - Grist
Advertisement:
A man looks over the concrete slab that used to be his apartment after Hurricane Katrina, August 30, 2005. (Barry Williams/Getty Images)

Richard A. Webster, Jeff Adelson, David Hammer, Sophie Chou - ProPublica
A cemetery stands in stark contrast to the chemical plants that surround it October 15, 2013. 'Cancer Alley' is one of the most polluted areas of the United States and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

EPA calls out environmental racism

Lisa Song, Lylla Younes - Grist
Senator John Kennedy, R-LA (MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kennedy: "Hate cops? Call a crackhead"

Kelly McClure
The entrance of Angola Prison, Louisiana. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South" and "The Farm" is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

Judge moves juveniles to Angola prison

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
« Previous
Page: 1
Next »
Advertisement: