Louisiana

Solitary confinement abuse sparks hunger strike in Louisiana’s Angola Prison

Angola State Prison was the 18,000-acre Angola Plantation before the Civil War, named after the African country from which many…

March 3, 2021

Capitalists consolidate control over U.S. farmland

The amount of farmland in the United States has been in steady decline for most of the 21st century. While…

February 12, 2021

A voice from New Orleans schools: ‘Are we gonna be alive?’

By Big E New Orleans This slightly edited talk was given at the Aug. 6 Workers World Party webinar, “War…

August 13, 2020