Thousands March on Jena

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2007 Somewhere between 15,000 and 50,000 demonstrators marched Thursday on the small Louisiana town of Jena, where racial tension and prejudicial justice have captured national attention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tipping the Scales of Justice in Jena

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 19, 2007 The Jena Six, teenage victims of good old-fashioned, Deep South racism, have won a crucial battle in their struggle against prejudice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Two Races, Two Systems of Justice in Louisiana

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jul 18, 2007 Last week in Detroit, the NAACP held a mock funeral for the N-word. But a chilling case in Louisiana shows us how far we have to go to bury racism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Republican Senator’s D.C. Madam Mea Culpa

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2007 So a Republican senator from the Deep South (Sen. David Vitter, pictured) who loves to tell other people if and how they should have sex, has been exposed as a former client of a prominent D.C. madam? You say this ardent defender of the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman has "asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling"? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jefferson Insists He’s Innocent

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2007 Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, a Democrat, flatly denied bribery charges accusing him of attempting, through various means, to illegally drum up over $500,000 from African business deals. Jefferson declared Friday that he will fight to save his reputation, already besmirched by the mysterious $90,000 in cash found stuffed in a freezer during a 2005 raid on his Washington, D.C. home. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Landrieu Threatens White House to Get Levee Funding

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2006 The Louisiana senator says she will hold Bush's executive-branch nominees hostage until he agrees to more funding for the Katrina-ravaged state. (This was the woman whom Anderson Cooper famously chewed out, saying she was out of touch in the wake of the hurricane. Guess she toughened up since then.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )