Louisiana
Governments and firms, including in the U.S., view disaster victims as ‘expendable’
September 19, 2024Peoples World Exclusive: “Run, run, run for your life,” the mother of a Bhopal victim screamed at her daughter during Union Carbide’s deadly leak in the middle of the night.
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La tormenta Beryl desata fuertes vientos y lluvias; deja 2 millones sin electricidad
July 8, 2024Beryl dejó un rastro de destrucción letal por partes de México y el Caribe antes de girar hacia Texas.
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Race relations North/South, today/yesterday, city/plantation
November 17, 2023NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Opera (NOO) promoted its production of Blue as “the southern premiere of the most talked-about new American opera.” I’d been meaning to get back to the Crescent City to see it...
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Saltwater creeps up the Mississippi River, endangering drinking water for millions
October 5, 2023Is it a case of environmental management gone bad?
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Un tribunal desestima el mapa racista de redistribución de distritos de los republicanos de Alabama
September 6, 2023BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Otra victoria en un tribunal federal en la que los votantes negros impugnaron con éxito una reasignación del Congreso manipulada por una mayoría republicana blanca, esta vez en Alabama, muestra que la Ley de Derecho...
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