The Fifth District of Louisiana’s St. James Parish was never exactly a bustling community — but it was still a community. Then the local landmarks began to disappear. Woodrow’s grocery…
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To apply: Apply through the ACLS Online Fellowship application system. For more information, please visit the Leading Edge page on the ACLS site. For more information on the Leading Edge…
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Councilmember Cyndi Nguyen previews a resolution to oppose the Formosa plastics plant in St. James Parish and other items on Thursday’s agenda
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The above map illustrates the path that stormwater runoff, which would certainly carry toxins including ambient and incidental chemical waste and loose plastic pellets, called “nurdles,” which would be Formosa’s…
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RISE St. James and its supporters are calling for a halt to Formosa Plastics’ construction in light of the company’s risk to community health from the repeated, ongoing failure to…
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Opponents of Formosa Plastics’ massive proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana filed for a preliminary injunction today to block construction of the project. The proposed facility would be…
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In response to recent efforts to criminalize Louisiana families’ First Amendment rights, a new alliance launched today to defend democracy. “We have fought hard for our constitutional rights and we…
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Prominent African American authors, scholars and civil rights leaders sent a letter to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Sunday evening asking him to use his authority to stop one…
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The petrochemical industry has taken advantage of not one but two crises in our country – COVID-19 and the suppression and murder of black Americans – to pass a bill…
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