This episode revisits the story of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who sought to take over the apparatus of government in his state, just as illiberal leaders have done in other countries. This is the ...

Per reports, sounds of machine gun fire filled the Capitol. A few minutes later, Long was found stumbling down the stairs ...

Nearly a century after his death, the Kingfish is making a comeback. Fans of the late Louisiana politician Huey P. Long can be found across the partisan divide, with populist conservatives and ...

The view that the Protestant version of the 10 Commandments is the basis of our law requires willful ignorance of our actual ...

Editor's note: James O'Conner, Louisiana public service commissioner and close personal friend of Senator Long, describes the shooting of Long in the state house in the following dispatch.

Louisiana’s Huey Long built his remarkable career as governor and U.S. Senator on a platform of social reform and justice, all the while employing graft and corruption to get what he wanted.

Louisiana's largest football stadium turns 100 this fall. Why it matters: Death Valley has been called the best place to ...

On Sept. 8, 1935, Louisiana Sen. Huey P. Long was doing what Huey P. Long did in his heyday — running the state — when a ...