Louisiana Looks To Gambling to Fill Its Budget Holes–But At A High Social Cost

State lawmakers see legalized gambling as a cure to their chronic revenue shortfalls – but like other states that failed before it, Louisiana may experience new and harmful consequences as a result.

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GOP Tax Cuts Won’t Increase Jobs in States Where Many Lack Advanced Education

The new tax law uses trickle-down economics as the basis for its tax code, the logic being: less taxes equals more money for wealthy individuals and companies that will invest in more jobs, capital improvements and wages.

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Resistance and Arrests In Louisiana As Fed Court Halts Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction

New direct action resistance and arrests, along with legal roadblocks, are elevating the Bayou Bridge Pipeline to a level of national discussion reminiscent of the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict of 2016.

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Is the Super Bowl a Tool to Benefit the 1 Percent?

The game results in a substantial cost to the public, due primarily to the cost the host spends to build a state of the art facility – when the direct stadium proceeds go straight to the millionaire and billionaire club owners.

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Evangelical Christians May Be Deciding Factor in Alabama Senate Election

The candidates in Tuesday's special election couldn't be more different on the issues, as Democrat Doug Jones’s platform includes a staunch support of Obamacare, an increase in the minimum wage, equal pay for women and abortion rights.

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In Wake of Latest Mass Shootings, Don’t Expect Republicans to Address Mental Health, Either

As state and federal Republican lawmakers continue to cut funding for mental health care, mass shootings carried out by deranged people with a history of mental illness keep occurring, on a regular basis, bringing death and tragedy to communities nationwide.

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Rep. Steve Scalise Is Entitled to His Own Opinion – But Not His Own Facts about the 2nd Amendment

The congressman's interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is not supported by historical facts or and contemporary evidence.

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Sen. Cassidy Believes States are Better Suited to Run Healthcare but Not Flood Insurance

The National Flood Insurance Program isn't nearly as contentious as the ACA, giving the Louisiana senator more political legroom to advocate for federal management over flood insurance. The irony, given the GOP's latest healthcare setback, is hard to miss.

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Texas Bathroom Bill Is Latest Civil Rights Victory in Deep South Spurred by Sports

The owners of three major league sports franchises strongly opposed the bathroom bill, continuing a trend over the last half century where sports contributed to the advancement of civil rights in the conservative Deep South.

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Gulf Coast "Dead Zone" the Size of New Jersey Alarms Scientists

Scientists from Louisiana State U. and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium found the area of hypoxia, or low oxygen, to be the largest in the 31 years that the group has been measuring – and the 2nd largest man-made hypoxia region in the world.

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