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...town has no public parks or swimming pools, no movie theaters, no shopping malls, not even a McDonald's or a Wal-Mart. In fact, business in Lake Providence, Louisiana, is so bad that even the pawnshop has shut down. "The only recreation we have," says a resident, "is poor people's fun: drinking, drugs, fighting and sex." Restless teenagers mill around narrow streets lined with burned-out houses and dilapidated trailer parks. "We've got all the problems they have in New York and Chicago, but nothing to fight them with," says Mayor James W. Brown Jr. If there...
...North Carolina federal court upheld a 160-mile-long, serpentine-shaped congressional district designed to ensure a majority black electorate. In a headline-grabbing voting-rights opinion, the Supreme Court last year ordered that the district be re-examined. The latest decision, coming on the heels of a contrary Louisiana federal ruling that struck down another black district, virtually assures that the practice of racial gerrymandering will be reviewed by the high court once again...
Senior correspondent Jack E. White has witnessed poverty in its worst degrees, from the refugee camps of Africa to the inner cities of America. But his experience failed to prepare him for the sights of Lake Providence, Louisiana, which according to Census figures is the poorest place in America. In this decrepit town he found crumbling shotgun shacks, burned-out houses and a poverty so desperate it has resisted all the remedies of the past three decades. "People told me, 'Be prepared for something like you've never seen,' " says White. "They turned out to be right. Most Americans would...
...make the decision for all workers. Another route may be to try to pass a health plan in which the standard benefits would be named later by an independent commission. In that case, pity the commissioners who must decide. Claims Schroeder: "There is no compromise on this issue." Louisiana Senator John Breaux, a conservative Catholic Democrat, maintains that "it can be worked out." At the moment, most people on the Hill seem to agree with Breaux. But if passions flame higher, America's most contentious issue could become a health-care deal breaker...
...have answered "not much." He and six other members of a self-styled "rump" group of moderate Democrats and Republicans had little more than a five-paragraph outline of a proposal. By week's end the group had lost one supporter but had forged ahead, led by Chafee and Louisiana Democrat John Breaux, and presented a 30-page draft plan to Moynihan. A 100- page draft was promised for this week...