Louisiana is in the top 10 states for child poverty and ranks low for health support for children.

A century of degradation and rising seas put Louisiana’s fragile coastal ecosystem at risk, polluting bayous with saltwater and washing the land away.

Mass incarceration of people of color, prison conditions, polluted water, and an increase in the use of isolation are just some for prison reform including in Louisiana which has the nation’s highest incarceration rate.

Louisiana is among the top 15 American states with polices that actively discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

Louisiana is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country, including by nitrogen hypoxia which is not allowed for dogs.