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Louisiana All-American Sports spoke with Southern University Law Center Professor Angela Allen-Bell for the hour during their August 18th program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE3xUgAO8bc Among the topics discussed in this excellent discussion, Professor Bell spoke about the November 6th constitutional amendment to change Louisiana's non-unanimous jury law, the history of the 10-2 jury conviction law in Louisiana and its consequences for criminal justice. She also explained the case of the Angola 3, three […]

On August 1st, Louisiana's new industry-backed criminal trespassing law for 'critical infrastructure' came into effect. The law is intended to hyper-criminalize protests against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, currently being constructed between Lake Charles and the Mississippi River. Earlier this summer, a state judge ruled Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC (BBP) and state government are violating state law by not providing an emergency evacuation route for residents living near the pipeline's eastern […]

Listen here to a conversation between two members of the Louisiana Poor People's Campaign, Jasmine Pogue and Mia Taylor, on WHYR's weekly call-in show A Pause for Thought (live Wednesdays @ 5:00pm). In a half-hour live conversation, host Wayne Parker, Jasmine and Mia discussed the goals and actions of Louisiana's Poor People's Campaign and the national movement against poverty occurring on the 50th anniversary of the original 1968 Poor People's Campaign. […]

The Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has been spying on Louisiana citizens concerned about the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Bayou Bridge Pipeline through the Atchafalaya Basin ending in a African-American community in St. James parish already surrounded by industrial sites. Construction on that pipeline was stopped in federal court in late February. Democracy Now!, an hour-long national and global news program you can only hear […]

Where the Alligators Roam spoke recently (before the Parkland, FL shooting) with Rhonda Gleason, Louisiana member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. Listen on-demand to this and dozens of other Where the Alligators Roam websites at their website, and listen on the radio in Baton Rouge every Friday at 5:00pm. http://wherethealligatorsroam.us/index.php/podcast/schools-as-killing-fields-reignite-moral-outrage-over-gun-deaths/