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Appeal issued for two held in isolation for 40 years

April 5, 2012 By Barbara Russum

April 17 will mark 40 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been held in isolation at The Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. April 17 will mark 40 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman...

For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough

August 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.

Louisiana workers say union jobs break down barriers

July 21, 2011 By John Wojcik

The bosses don't want lots of union workers because they tend to break down the racial divide that has slowed progress in this part of the country ever since the end of the Civil War.

New Orleans diary: Seafood, hospitality, an appeal for help

July 20, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Katrina was the first in what would become a series of tragedies for the Big Easy, the next being the 2010 BP oil spill.

Hospital ruins stir Katrina memories and call to battle

July 19, 2011 By John Wojcik

The windowless ruins of Charity Hospital stand today as both a haunting reminder of horrors past and a call to arms for those joining the battle for a restored health care system.