'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards. Our WLRN Public Media report.wlrn.org/immigration/20…

Monday workday at Porgy’s

The U.S. has indicted #haitian gang ruler Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier - but he and his Viv Ansanm confederation hold the cards in Port-au-Prince as long as they don't face real force. My WLRN Public Media commentary.wlrn.org/commentary/202…

A state department staffer seems to have left behind 8 pages of info on a hotel printer about the Trump-Putin summit. We published each of them. See what they say for yourself: Trump-Putin documents left on hotel printer npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-…

A Harrison County chancery court judge ruled this week that the Mississippi law seeking to privatize oyster reefs in the MS Sound is unconstitutional: wlox.com/2025/08/18/jud… Oystermen, and later city councils along the coast, came out strongly against the proposal

US resumes imports of Venezuelan oil under new license to Chevron reuters.com/business/energ…

BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital. apnews.com/article/mideas…

Donald Trump proposes sending National Guard, federal agents to patrol New Orleans nola.com/news/politics/…

Years of lead.

Migrant workers in the Florida Keys lobster industry, many of them from Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, are hiding out in shipyards from CBP / ICE agents targeting them for deportation -- sometimes while out at sea (via El Pais) english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-14…

State, local officials break ground on Woodside LNG project in Calcasieu Parish. It's also the largest foreign direct investment in state history, and part of a rapid global expansion by Australian energy firm Woodside: wwno.org/coastal-desk/2…

If Congress fails to extend the National Flood Insurance Program by midnight, nearly 500k residents of Louisiana will be impacted -- the state with by far the highest recurring flood rate in the nation: wwno.org/coastal-desk/2…

Concerns mount over increased violence among federal immigration agents npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-…

DOJ continuing investigation into Rankin County sheriff after months of uncertainty in the agency’s Civil Rights Division (via MT) mississippitoday.org/2025/10/20/doj…

This is what happens to parked vehicles belonging to people who are detained when called for routine appointments at the Miramar (and other) ICE processing centers. Their vehicles are often towed, which is a racket for the towing companies involved.