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Sugar has deep links with slavery in the US, but Black workers weren’t the only ones affected. In post-Civil War Louisiana, Chinese workers also toiled cutting and processing cane.
Before the Civil War, US activists sought to combat slavery through sugar boycotts. Instead, consumption grew.
As the state copes with hurricanes and climate disasters, it is figuring out how to manage the slow-motion loss of its coastal land. But its plans could endanger the cultures that define the region.
Hurricane Ida left the entire city of New Orleans in the dark and renewed discussion of burying power lines. But there’s no way to completely protect the grid, above ground or below.
Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Category 4 storm Hurricane Ida reached Louisiana. Planning for future hurricanes must include the need to build resiliency to climate change.
The New Orleans region is likely to see a hurricane about every seven years and a major hurricane about every 20.
New Orleans has about a 40% chance of getting hit by a tropical storm in any given year. Here’s how heat, winds and the shape of the seafloor raise the hurricane damage risk.
Is the public education that Ruby Bridges fought to integrate a relic of the past?
Police experience in crisis and hostage negotiation could come in handy when dealing with cybercriminals who have, effectively, kidnapped data.
A reenactment of the largest slave rebellion in US history involves a plot twist. A scholar who studies race, history and memory says the new ending can spark new beginnings.
The gap between rich and poor is at record levels in the U.S., yet it varies widely among the states. A political scientist explains why.
Mac Rebennack took the stage name Dr John and a persona based on a real-life voodoo prince.
It will be hard and complicated to replace Venezuela’s heavy sour crude.
Why are people from some states so much healthier than others? Despite what you may hear, it’s not just about genetics or poor choices.
Climate change is raising global sea levels. Now research shows that ‘hot spots’ where seas rise another 4 to 5 inches in five years can occur along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, further magnifying floods.
The former KKK grand wizard from Louisiana is hopeful Trump supporters will turn out for his bid for U.S. Senate. Political scientists who have studied his career consider his chances.
Improvised rescues, such as boat owners saving people in flooded Louisiana, have become an integral part of federal and state disaster response efforts.
Ten years after Katrina, recovery in New Orleans is mixed – divided in familiar patterns between white and black, rich and poor. The same groups that suffered the brunt of the storm still struggle.
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Adjunct professor, Flagler College
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Law and Justice John J Francis Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma
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Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Georgia
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Sociology, Director of Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Director, Disaster Research Center and Professor, Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
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