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LAST SUNDAY, in New Orleans, Louisiana, a few hundred people marched in opposition to gubernatorial candidate David Duke. Only a few hundred, and only in New Orleans. No one marched in Poughkeepsie, New York, in Gary, Indiana, or in Portland, Oregon...
...living room and nail it to the ceiling. Hines works at the back of the room, straining from the rungs of a ladder as she attaches tiles to the plywood with the aid of one of Derouen's assistants. Heavy rains, excessive groundwater and years of neglect in southern Louisiana's sugarcane region have led to creeping decay in Hines' home. Now, instead of harsh sunshine peeking through rotting walls, daylight filters through brand-new window frames...
Southern Mutual was the first to document the number of farmworkers in Louisiana. It fought for their legal rights and helped them obtain more than $1.25 million in back pay. It established the first farmworkers' medical and dental clinics, gathered oral histories of life on the plantation, founded an adult-literacy program, set up a scholarship fund for the children, documented the use of pesticides and is currently fighting against the spraying of certain chemicals. "Four Corners' new motto is 'From can't to can,' " says Bourg. "From can't do to can do." Sutton now proudly shows...
...year's end, the women hope to complete an additional six homes. They are forming a community-development corporation to rebuild the whole village, not just the housing, and have started to spread the do-it-yourself project to neighboring communities, like Sorrel. The work is not going unnoticed: Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer declared Oct. 24 Four Corners Community Day to celebrate the spirit of self-help...
While many political analysts have focused on Louisiana (where David Duke, the racist former Klansman, is locked in a tight race for Governor), the White House has been worrying about Pennsylvania. "Win or lose, there are 1 1/2 crucial things to learn from Wofford," says a senior Bush adviser. "The half is about how a sagging economy can be played to advantage by Democrats and about how easily a candidate perceived as an outsider can play the desire-for- change theme against an insider. The more important signal involves the sudden saliency of the health-care issue...