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'It's a long, hard battle': 50 years after integration, Acadiana schools have re-segregated
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: During May, the staff of The Daily Advertiser, will bring you a series of articles...
Louisiana lawmakers’ pet projects could create $100 million worth of ‘bad debt’
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA playground. A high school athletic foundation. A golf foundation. A Catholic church. A local...
These local schools are named for people with racist histories. Is it time for a change?
The Courier via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTimyra Cotton of Chalmette was a freshman when, she recalls, the topic of her school’s affiliations...
New Orleans political patriarch Moon Landrieu has died
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu — whose early, lonely stand against segregationists in the...
Want to Understand the New House Speaker? Look to His Marriage.
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJohnson on Tuesday at the Capitol. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the...
Ellender High School in Houma named for powerful politician and lifelong racist
The Courier via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe late U.S. Sen. Allen J. Ellender had a reputation for being an accomplished Cajun cook, a friend...
How Viet-Cajun Cuisine Came to Be
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Top Chef" contestant Nini Nguyen shares how the Vietnamese diaspora created a whole new cuisine. David Moir / Bravo via Getty Images; Victor Protasio /...
Advice from a Democratic Unicorn
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn a state that twice backed Trump, John Bel Edwards made himself the placid alternative to hair-on-fire populism and won two terms in the governor’s...
Guns for domestic abusers? Skirts at school? A look at what may be next at the Supreme Court
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWASHINGTON − The Supreme Court in coming weeks will hand down its final decisions on its closely...
As Roe vs. Wade falls, New Mexico braces for a steep rise of abortion seekers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDr. Lisa Hofler discusses the procedure for a medication abortion Tuesday with Autumn Brown, whose...
