This week on The Stakes we go to Louisiana and Minnesota. Jane Coaston speaks to Denise Marcelle, Democratic Representative for Louisiana’s 61st District. Marcus Ellsworth learns about efforts to organize around Alton Sterling's death from LSU student Terrie Smith. Ana Marie Cox speaks to Chanda Smith Baker of Pillsbury United Communities about racial tensions in Falcon Heights, MN. Michael Catano talks to Charlene Carruthers, National Director of the Black Youth 100 Project, about how so-called "Blue Lives Matter" bills adversely effect black communities. Marcus Ellsworth interviews LaKeitha Poole Assistant Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs at LSU, on the ground level effects she's this past week in Baton Rouge, LA.