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Baton Rouge

The Shell Norco oil refinery along the Mississippi River in Norco, LA.
Environment
Hurricane Ida adds misery to ‘Cancer Alley’: Part II
Founder of RISE St. James and 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Sharon Lavigne
Environment
Hurricane Ida adds misery to ‘Cancer Alley’: Part I
Arts, Culture & Media
Unrest in Baton Rouge: Anatomy of a Photo
Tavis Smiley on Baton Rouge
Conflict
Tavis Smiley: One way to try to prevent another Dallas or Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Sheriff vehicle
Conflict
Baton Rouge suspect was Marine who served in Iraq
A police officer gestures during a demonstration that denounced the fatal shooting by police of two black men in Phoenix, AZ, July 8, 2016.
Business
Why it matters that the Bahamas issued a travel advisory for the US
Abdullah Muflahi
Conflict
Eyewitness who filmed Alton Sterling’s death is suing the Baton Rouge police
Israeli prime minister blames Iran for deadly suicide attack in Bulgaria
Global Politics
Foreign Teachers Used to Fill Shortages in the US Now Face Victimization
Top of the Hour: Flooding Cajun Country, Morning Headlines
This Week’s Agenda: Debt Ceiling, Middle East, IMF
Spillway Opened, Small Town Residents Fear Flooding in La.
Man vs. Nature Along the Mississippi Delta
LOE Retrospective/ Cancer Alley
Rising Up from a Toxic Legacy
Global Politics
What’s on the agenda for America’s black mayors?