At this moment of political populism, a look back at an original. Sticky Wicket: Huey Long versus the Media" was originally produced by a collaboration between WWNO New Orleans Public Radio ...

The most populist governor of his time, Huey Long’s colorful, charismatic political career came to an end 85 years ago, when he was shot by an assassin inside the Louisiana State Capitol in ...

Huey Long built a crack political machine, and Louisiana became his empire. Much to Standard Oil's displeasure, he put a tax on oil and other natural resources once they were removed from the ground.

Instead of printing the cartoon on schedule, the Spokesman-Review held it over, ran it, by mistake, on the same front page that carried the news of something very serious happening to Huey Long.

And when Moore forcefully promises to shake up the Washington establishment, some political observers see similarities with Louisiana's Huey "Kingfish" Long. Whatever the comparisons, one thing ...