Monday, July 4, 2011

Can the Department of Justice Fix New Orleans' Criminal Justice System?

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This article was originally posted on the Al Jazeera website , on July 3, 2011. Testimony began last week in a trial of alleged police viol...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Danziger Trial Presents Opportunity for Systemic Change

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An earlier version of this article appeared on The Root website . The testimony in the Danziger police violence trial draws a vivid picture ...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Did New Orleans Media Contribute to Police Violence After Hurricane Katrina?

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This article originally appeared on Truth-Out.org : Opening arguments began on Monday, June 27 in what may be the most important trial New...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Displaced Women Demand Justice in Port au Prince

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By Bill Quigley and Jocelyn Brooks “We women demand!…” sang out a hundred plus voices “…Justice for Marie!” Marie, a 25 year old pregnan...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Project Transparency Posts New Financial Disclosure Forms of New Orleans Public Officals

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Project Transparency , a program run by Louisiana Justice Institute, has posted 2009 and 2010 financial disclosure forms for many members of...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Sex Offender Registration for Sex Workers Ends in Louisiana

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Louisiana's era of forcing certain convicted sex workers to register as sex offenders appears to be over. Governor Jindall's office ...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Amnesty International Launches Campaign to Free Remaining Angola Three Prisoners

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From our friends at Amnesty International and International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 : The US state of Louisiana must immediately r...
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NOPD Continues to Target Sex Workers and Other Poor People

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The Times-Picayune reported today on two large busts of sex workers under Louisiana's archaic " Crime Against Nature " law. T...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Haiti Facts Seventeen Months after Earthquake

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By Bill Quigley Haiti experienced a major earthquake January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands died, estimates range from 65,000 to 230,000 peo...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Concerned Citizens Work Together To Create 7 Single-Member Council Districts for New Orleans

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From The New Orleans Agenda newsletter and Advancement Project : Community leaders from throughout Orleans Parish came together to develop ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Greater New Orleans Organizers Roundtable Hosts Masquerade Party and Fundraiser This Weekend

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This Saturday, at the New Orleans Fine Arts Center , a broad coalition of New Orleans activists known as the Greater New Orleans Organizer...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Louisiana Organization Selected for Echoing Green Fellowship

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From a Press Release by Echoing Green and Cooperative Advocacy for the People : This month Ameca Reali and Adrienne Wheeler of the New Orlea...

Louisiana Legislature Passes Bill to Reduce Elderly Prisoner Population

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From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana : The American Civil Liberties Union today hailed the passage of a bill in the Louisiana legislat...

Fifty years later, Youth and Elders Keep the Spirit of the Freedom Rides Alive, by Rosana Cruz

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From our friends at Bridge the Gulf : In the dim light of a projector, rapt faces took in the solemn image of a bus in flames. On screen, a...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

New Orleans Activists Plan Secondline to Commemorate 40th Anniversary of Brutal "War on Drugs”

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From our friends at Women With A Vision and Drug Policy Alliance : A Secondline parade this Friday in New Orleans will epitomize the funera...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Louisiana Moves One Step Closer to Eliminating Crime Against Nature Law

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From our friends at Women With a Vision : Just two years ago, we launched the NO Justice Project to challenge the use of Louisiana’s Crime...
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