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The Shell Norco oil refinery along the Mississippi River in Norco, LA.

Hurricane Ida adds misery to ‘Cancer Alley’: Part II

Environment

“The chemical plants are really having a ball with this hurricane,” says Sharon Lavigne, a local activist who has been fighting to stop pollution in a highly toxic area of southern Louisiana.

Founder of RISE St. James and 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Sharon Lavigne

Hurricane Ida adds misery to ‘Cancer Alley’: Part I

Environment

Unrest in Baton Rouge: Anatomy of a Photo

Arts, Culture & Media
Tavis Smiley on Baton Rouge

Tavis Smiley: One way to try to prevent another Dallas or Baton Rouge

Conflict
East Baton Rouge Sheriff vehicle

Baton Rouge suspect was Marine who served in Iraq

Conflict
A police officer gestures during a demonstration that denounced the fatal shooting by police of two black men in Phoenix, AZ, July 8, 2016.

Why it matters that the Bahamas issued a travel advisory for the US

Business

It’s not just local black residents who fear police interactions in the US. Now citizens from Caribbean countries like the Bahamas see reasons to be extra cautious while traveling in the US.

Abdullah Muflahi

Eyewitness who filmed Alton Sterling’s death is suing the Baton Rouge police

Conflict

The Yemeni store owner who filmed the shooting death of Alton Sterling is getting threats, struggling to sleep and losing customers. And he holds the Baton Rouge police responsible.

Israeli prime minister blames Iran for deadly suicide attack in Bulgaria

A group of Israeli tourists were targeted, and five of them killed, in a deadly suicide bombing outside an airport in Bulgaria. Now, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran for the attack.

Foreign Teachers Used to Fill Shortages in the US Now Face Victimization

Global Politics

Despite their importance, some foreign teachers have been victimized by the recruiters and by school districts.

Top of the Hour: Flooding Cajun Country, Morning Headlines

Residents throughout the south have evacuated their homes. Over the weekend, the Morganza Spillway was opened, saving Baton Rouge and New Orleans from massive flooding and damage. But residents near the Atchafalaya Basin could see the lowlands and backwaters of the basin under 15 feet of water by the middle of the week.