Louisiana

The Jena 6 are Free!

Alan Bean 6-29-2009

The Jena 6 and Justin Barker are now free to move ahead with their lives. The terms of the plea agreement were revealed in the course of a two-hour court hearing at the LaSalle Parish courthouse.

Tulia and Jena: America in Miniature

Alan Bean 2-17-2009

I moved to Tulia, Texas, in the summer of 1998, a year before a massive drug bust decimated the black side of town.

Blagojevich, Illinois' Corruption, and the Reformers Who've Fought It

Timothy McMahan King 12-12-2008

Somebody had to say it, and they came from Hyde Park.