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New Orleans City Councilmember Eugene Green speaks at the demolition of Gordon Plaza homes in preparation to turn the site into a solar farm as U.S. Rep. Troy Carter (left) and Beverly Wright, executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice watch in New Orleans on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.
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City demolishes some Gordon Plaza homes to make way for solar farm

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 30, 2024October 31, 2024
Jo Banner, co-founder of The Descendants Project, at the Kid Ory Historic House in LaPlace, Louisiana on February 22, 2024.
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St. John Parish site could be named national landmark

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
LaToya Mero (red shirt, holding yellow sign), a nurse at University Medical Center, holds up a sign during the UMC nurses' strike rally, on Friday, Oct. 25.
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University Medical Center nurses hold one-day strike outside hospital

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 25, 2024October 25, 2024
Denka chemical plant
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Court hears arguments in Cancer Alley school desegregation case

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 22, 2024October 22, 2024
Hailey Dupré, a nurse at University Medical Center and member of the union's bargaining team member, speaks to members of the union at a protest on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.
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University Medical Center nurses announce one-day strike for Oct. 25

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 14, 2024October 25, 2024
Two water samples that were tested for lead and copper contamination by The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans sit in a kitchen.
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88% of homes tested in New Orleans had detectable levels of lead, study finds

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 12, 2024April 22, 2025
Shamell Lavigne, the chief operating officer of Rise St. James, speaks at a press conference after a court hearing for a lawsuit environmental justice groups and a church in St. James Parish filed against the parish government in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.
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Appeals court hears arguments in civil rights case alleging discriminatory land-use practices

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 7, 2024October 7, 2024
Maiya May, host of the PBS docuseries "Weathered: Earth’s Extremes," while filming an episode of the show about the relocation of Isle de Jean Charles.
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New PBS docuseries spotlights relocation of former Isle de Jean Charles residents

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 4, 2024October 4, 2024
The Evening Light Tabernacle Church in Grand Bayou Indian Village in Plaquemines Parish on Friday, Sept. 20.
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Environmental group tries to rebuild sinking coastline with recycled oysters

Avatar photo by Safura Syed October 1, 2024October 2, 2024
Sen. John Kennedy at a Louisiana Republican party event in Baton Rouge on December 9, 2016.
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Muslims and Arabs in New Orleans express outrage over Sen. John Kennedy’s comments at hate crime hearing

Avatar photo by Safura Syed September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

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