By Julianne Hing, crossposted from Colorlines. Alabama will not let the battle over its breathtakingly harsh anti-immigrant law, HB 56, be fought just in the courts.
By Raleigh Hoke, Gulf Restoration Network. Originally posted on October 20th, 2011. On Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of joining a bus load of fired-up Mississippi Power ratepayers from the coast on a trip to Kemper County, Mississippi – the proposed site for a massive new dirty lignite coal mine.
Press release from Operation People for Peace Inc. Houma, LA (October 19, 2011) - Dick Gregory-Actor/Comedian and Human rights Activist, Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Congress of Black Women-Chair, and Art Rocker, Operation People for Peace-Chair are convening a meeting with ministers, community activist, and others in Houma, Louisiana concerning the lack of payments by BP’s Ken Feinberg. This meeting will be held Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at New Rising Sun Baptist Church at 230 Saint Charles St. Houma, Louisiana 70361 with Facilitator -Rev. Byron Clay, Jr.
By Lance Hill. Crossposted from Justice Roars. On September 22 the Census Bureau released information from their 2010 annual American Community Survey based on a poll of 2,500 people in New Orleans.
Each week, the public radio show State of the Re:Union tells the story of "how a particular American city or town creates community." This fall, Host Al Letson and Producer Tina Antolini devote an episode to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Obama rightfully delayed building the pipeline, but the concerns of people of color still need addressed. By Kari Fulton, 
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By Lance Hill. Crossposted from Justice Roars
Each week, the public radio show State of the Re:Union tells the story of "how a particular American city or town creates community." This fall, Host Al Letson and Producer Tina Antolini devote an episode to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
