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Is Your State Stealthily Privatizing Medicaid and Putting Patients at Risk?

Emily Manuel, AlterNet. August 31, 2011.

Louisiana's Bobby Jindal and other Republican governors are handing over taxpayer dollars to private companies to provide health care--and make profits.

Inside Angola: Faith-Based Slavery in a Louisiana Prison

Liliana Segura, ColorLines. August 11, 2011.

The country's largest maximum security prison features a private golf course, an evangelical Christian warden, and has been compared to a slave plantation.

The 5 Worst States to Get Busted With Pot

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. May 13, 2011.

Even a minor pot bust can be life-altering for people unlucky enough to be arrested in one of these five states.

"The Oil Is Not Gone": BP Tries to Block Gulf Residents from Shareholder Meeting

Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. April 17, 2011.

BP tried to deny me and others affected by the spill access to their shareholder meeting, but we would not be silenced.

Mystery Illnesses Plague Louisiana Oil Spill Crews

Agence France PresseApril 17, 2011.

The state of Louisiana has reported 415 cases of health problems linked to the spill.

The Right Wing Has Made It Next to Impossible for Many Women to Get Abortions

Kaili Joy Gray, Daily Kos. September 8, 2010.

For many women, getting access to abortion has become extraordinarily difficult. Conservatives' plan is to make it impossible.

BP's Hole in the World: The Absurdity of the Fix-It Mentality

Naomi Klein, The Nation. June 28, 2010.

The BP disaster shows how little control even the most ingenious among us have over the intricately interconnected natural forces with which we so casually meddle.

Oil Disaster 5X Worse Than Estimated, 'Churning Slick' Now the Size of Puerto Rico

AlterNetMay 3, 2010.

The catastrophe continues, as Federal authorities have banned commercial and recreational fishing in a large stretch of water off four states.

Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving

Jason Henderson, AlterNet. May 1, 2010.

A submerged oil well is spewing a river of oil toward Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Birds and fish will die, wetlands and beaches will be ruined -- all because we drive cars.

Oil from Leaking Well Washes Ashore in Louisiana, Threatening Huge Environmental Disaster

Agence France PresseApril 30, 2010.

Oil's landing marks the beginning of what environmentalists fear could be one of the worst US ecological disasters in years.

Gulf Coast Oil Spill: 'Exxon Valdez Is Going to Pale in Comparison to This'

BBCApril 29, 2010.

210,000 gallons a day are gushing into the sea 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.

Did a White Sheriff and District Attorney Orchestrate a Race-Based Coup in a Northern Louisiana Town?

Jordan Flaherty, AlterNet. March 26, 2010.

African American mayor and police chief assert that they have been forced from office and arrested as part of an coup carried out by white politicians and their followers.

Louisiana Cooks Up a Gumbo of New Americans

Louisiana Cooks Up a Gumbo of New Americans

Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. October 27, 2009.

If America is the melting pot, Louisiana is creating its own immigration Gumbo

Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License in Louisiana

Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License in Louisiana

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Belief. October 16, 2009.

"My main concern is for the children," explained the justice of the peace.

The Crisis Hasn't Hit Everywhere: 10 States Weathering the Economic Storm

Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor. April 27, 2009.

Not every state has been burned by the housing bust. And having oil and gas revenues doesn't hurt either.

Liar! Bobby Jindal Revises His Katrina Story

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 27, 2009.

It looks like Jindal is trying to walk his Katrina story back a bit.

Did You Know that Bobby Jindal Is an Exorcist? (Seriously)

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2009.

"Jindal narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends."

Bobby Jindal and the Republicans: FAIL

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 25, 2009.

There's a problem with the Republican Party -- do you think those who provided endless stories about "Democrats in disarray" are going to notice?

Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal Throwing Away His Future?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. February 23, 2009.

Joe Klein is not impressed by the Louisiana governor.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Apparently Hates Louisiana

Ryan Powers, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. February 21, 2009.

Jindal rejects $90 million in recovery funding that would have benefited 25,000 Louisiana residents.

The GOP's Dream Boy Gov. Jindal Doesn't Want to Be President?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 11, 2008.

I'm sure that's what Jindal said, and it's likely he meant it. But I don't really believe him.

Get Ready for Bobby Jindal: the GOP's Trumpeted 'Own Version of Obama'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2008.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal made a swing through Iowa recently, taking the first step towards a 2012 presidential run.

Can the People Who Live in Coastal Towns Ever Be Safe From Hurricanes?

Lizzy Ratner, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.

Environmental destruction is making it harder and harder to protect coastal dwellers and their communities.

The Christian Right's Got a New Stealth Tactic to Smuggle Creationism into Science Class

Sandhya Bathija, Church & State Magazine. August 27, 2008.

A new law in Louisiana allows teachers to bring in "supplemental textbooks" about evolution, the origins of life and global warming to science class.

Joining GOP's Bold March Backwards, Bobby Jindal & Louisiania Democrats Pass "Stealth Creationism" Education Bill

Bruce Wilson, Talk To Action AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2008.

Law Will Allow Insertion Of Religion, Posing As Science, Into Public School Science Class Discussions On Evolution, cloning and global warming.

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