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The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Huge Win for Abortion Rights
June Medical Services v. Russo is the first major test for abortion rights since conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch joined the bench.
NOLA Nurses Are Losing Their Jobs After Weathering a Peak of COVID-19
“They call you a hero in public, and, behind closed doors, they cut your pay or fire you altogether."
Video Shows a Louisiana Inmate Being Choked by Guards After He Allegedly Asked for Medical Help
His lawyer says he was tested for COVID-19 on April 4 but was still waiting for prison officials to tell him the results.
'Cancer Alley' Has Some of the Highest Coronavirus Death Rates in the Country
As predominately Black communities in the polluted areas along the Mississippi from New Orleans to Baton Rouge face heightened risks from COVID-19, the EPA has suspended enforcement of the environmental rules designed to protect them.
4 Inmates Dead from Coronavirus as Outbreak Spirals at Louisiana Federal Prison
At least 17 prison workers are also infected. "We know we’re exposing our families," one said.
Third Inmate Dies From COVID-19 at Louisiana Prison as Entire Federal System Goes on Lockdown
“At this point, my concern is that COVID-19 is becoming a death sentence at Oakdale FCI,” said one attorney with a client in the prison.
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'Mississippi’s Never Going to Be China': These Southern Governors Are in No Rush to Close Their States Over Coronavirus
So far, 23 states have issued shelter-in-place orders in lieu of a federal order to stay at home.
New Orleans Is Turning a Convention Center Into a Huge Field Hospital as Coronavirus Cases Spike
Louisiana is getting hammered by coronavirus, with more than 500 new cases and 18 deaths reported on Thursday.
New Orleans ER Workers Say Hospitals Are Verging on 'Systemic Collapse'
In Louisiana, COVID-19 is spreading faster than it has anywhere else in the world. The state is home to some of the nation's sickest and poorest people, and health care professionals fear the virus will overwhelm emergency resources in as soon as a week.
Coronavirus Shutdowns Have Decimated the Yearly High Season in New Orleans
The COVID-19 response is hitting clubs and businesses on Bourbon Street particularly hard during the time of year that dancers and workers make most of their money.
Looming COVID-19 Disaster in US Prisons Has Advocates Pleading for Releases
A coalition of organizations led by the Southern Poverty Law Center is calling on Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi to release as many people as possible, right now.
What It's Like to Get an Abortion in Louisiana
"There was a huge table of protesters outside the clinic, trying to hand me flyers and rosaries and yelling at me."
