Louisiana

Gary Wilson
From Louisiana to Havana: Law as a weapon against Black power and liberation
20 May 2026
The same legal machinery that once protected Jim Crow segregation has found a new way to strip Black voters of political power without touching the right to cast a ballot.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Voting Rights Act and the Need for Movement Politics
06 May 2026
From the 1870 15th Amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting rights for Black people have proven to be ephemeral. Laws can be unenforced or gutted altogether. Black people’s rights must be…
Alina Selyukh
Skulls Once Subject to Racist Study in Germany are Laid to Rest in New Orleans
04 Jun 2025
Looted African skulls come home after a century in German labs, exposing colonialism's history of dehumanizing "race science."
Lylla Younes
Black Residents in Cancer Alley Try What May be a Last Legal Defense to Curb Toxic Pollution
23 Oct 2024
In St. James Parish, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines.