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Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT By Darren Hutchinson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/16/interracial_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/16/interracial_marriage/index.html?source=rss Louisiana official not a racist, just opposes "mixing the races that way" By Gabriel Winant Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/08/boustany/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/08/boustany/index.html?source=rss A Louisiana congressman and heart surgeon will respond to the president's address to Congress By Mike Madden Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/23/governors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/23/governors/index.html?source=rss The White House throws a dinner for governors -- even the Republicans who still say they don't want Obama's stimulus money. By Mike Madden and Gabriel Winant Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/20/gop_governors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/20/gop_governors/index.html?source=rss For higher office, and away from their earlier statements about how much they hate the whole idea of the stimulus. By Erin Aubry Kaplan Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/25/jena/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/25/jena/index.html?source=rss I applaud the outcry over Jena. But what about stopping the injustices inflicted on black people every day -- like crappy schools, underemployment and unequal sentencing? By Gabriel Winant Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/04/vitter_reelection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/04/vitter_reelection/index.html?source=rss Republican Sen. David Vitter, of "serious sin in my past" fame, seems likely to win a second term. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/09/primary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/09/primary/index.html?source=rss Senator from Illinois wins caucuses in Nebraska, Washington, Virgin Islands, primary in Louisiana. By Bill Sasser Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/23/9th_ward/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/23/9th_ward/index.html?source=rss Two years after the deluge: A brew of Hollywood pyrotechnics, homeowner nightmares and local cultural revival in New Orleans. By Larry Blumenfeld Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/06/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/06/obama/index.html?source=rss The candidate and the black middle class meet up in the Superdome at the Essence Music Festival. By Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/mississippi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/mississippi/index.html?source=rss Mississippi's GOP governor did a good job getting cash out of Republicans in Washington, but is he really doing a good job cleaning up after Katrina? By Thomas F. Schaller Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/20/louisiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/20/louisiana/index.html?source=rss While the rest of America gets more Democratic, Katrina -- and George W. Bush -- may have turned the state bright red. Can John Breaux save the Democrats? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/06/sugarcane_crushing_mill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/06/sugarcane_crushing_mill/index.html?source=rss Looking for a cheap sugar-cane-crushing mill? Try calling Lahore. By Ed Kilgore Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/28/kilgore_south/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/28/kilgore_south/index.html?source=rss Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster. By Tony D'Souza Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/10/02/no_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/10/02/no_review/index.html?source=rss A breathtaking issue of the New Orleans Review should win awards for capturing the city as no place else has: Entirely through the eyes of its native writers. By Rebecca Wells Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/10/02/louisiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/10/02/louisiana/index.html?source=rss John Kennedy Toole, Ernest Gaines and the recipes of Enola Prudhomme will instruct you in the sorrows and joys of the Bayou State. By Susan Straight Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/01/forgotten/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/01/forgotten/index.html?source=rss Louisiana is still devastated, and its people -- black and white, rich and poor -- feel like the rest of the country doesn't care. By Allen Barra Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/27/brinkley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/27/brinkley/index.html?source=rss Douglas Brinkley's epic account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath stops short of laying blame where it belongs: On President Bush. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/02/louisiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/02/louisiana/index.html?source=rss The Louisiana governor says she'd sign an abortion ban if it crossed her desk. By Joe Conason Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/05/26/jefferson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/05/26/jefferson/index.html?source=rss For their own good and the good of the country, Rep. William Jefferson's allies in the Congressional Black Caucus should insist that he resign. By Page Rockwell Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/28/louisiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/28/louisiana/index.html?source=rss That's right -- another abortion ban without an exception for the health of the mother. By Susan Straight Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/03/18/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/03/18/straight/index.html?source=rss In an excerpt from Susan Straight's new novel, a mixed-race slave girl tries to outwit her captors. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/03/09/prince_hal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/03/09/prince_hal/index.html?source=rss Bush's latest visit to New Orleans was a hollow pose, bringing nothing that will actually help rebuild the ruined city. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/09/02/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/09/02/friday/index.html?source=rss Aaron Brooks and I were wrong: Hurricane Katrina is "a 9/11 deal." So why hasn't anyone suggested that sports take a break? By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/08/31/disaster_preparation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/08/31/disaster_preparation/index.html?source=rss In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war. By Mary Jacoby Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/01/senate_races/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/01/senate_races/index.html?source=rss Counting Electoral College votes driving you totally batty? Take a mental health break with these crucial contests.