We have a tone deaf Congress that seems bent on ignoring recent history, including the fact their constituents are still suffering economic, emotional and physical harm from the oil disaster.

NEW ORLEANS — BP's decision to resume paying dividends rankled Gulf Coast residents Tuesday who saw it as another sign the company wants to move...

It was time for Gulf coast community groups to join together -- the Gulf was their lifeblood, and it has been threatened by oil like never before. Without a common voice, fighting those who seem bent on burying this disaster will be a losing battle.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Many Gulf Coast residents don't believe it. Some accuse BP of making it up. And even those convinced that the oil leak has finall...

CODEN, Ala. -- When Gulf Coast resident Louise Bosarge heard President Obama refer to her community as "resilient," her response was poetic: "We bounce back. We always bounce back. Bouncing hurts."

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) -- Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama inspected a fouled beach, took in wha...