Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Appeal in Anti-Muslim Conviction Set for Tomorrow in New Orleans

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We urge all supporters of justice to come tomorrow at 9:30am to the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to support the defendants in the ...

Friends and Family of Henry Glover Announce News Conference

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From Reverend Raymond Brown : Friends and family of shooting victim Henry Glover will hold a news conference on the site where Mr. Henry ...

MARK OUR WORDS: Taking Heed of Hurricane Katrina’s Lessons as We Rebuild Devastated Communities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Irene

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By Tracie L. Washington, Esq. Director/Counsel, Louisiana Justice Institute There was an odd sense of relief in New Orleans and all alo...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Landlord of "Whites Only" Cop Bar Also Owns "Whites Only" Apartment Buildings

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Today, the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division reached a settlement in a case brought by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Ac...

We Have Not Forgotten: Solidarity Statement on Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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From our friends at the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance : August 29, 2011 Solidarity Statement on Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina...

Louisiana Prison Bans Final Call Newspaper

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From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana : Hearing on Tuesday Over First Amendment Rights in Louisiana Prison The US Court of Appeals...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Education Advocates to Rally for Real Reform on Katrina Anniversary

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From the TribuneTalk website : Pointing to the fate of John McDonogh Senior High as just one example of the failed policies and broken pr...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Common Ground Co-Founder Who Became FBI Informant Rises in Conservative Movement

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Mother Jones Magazine published an article today focusing on Brandon Darby, who is known to many New Orleanians for his controversial leader...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wave of Illegal, Senseless and Violent Evictions Swells in Port au Prince

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By Bill Quigley Mathias O is 34 years old. He is one of about 600,000 people still homeless from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. ...

Free Agents Brass Band and Sunni Patterson Headline Benefit for New Orleans Grassroots Youth Organization

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From our friends at Project Future for the Youth : Project Future for the Youth is a grassroots organization that utilizes the arts as a...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Six Years Since the Storm and Six Years of War Against the Black and Poor in New Orleans, By Endesha Juakali

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From our friends at Survivors Village : Once again, the Katrina Commemoration Committee will sponsor its annual march from the base of t...
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Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force Announces 2011-2012 Parade Season

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From our friends at the New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force : New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force announc...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Effort Launches to Rename Danziger Bridge

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From the TribuneTalk Website : The African American Leadership Project (AALP) will observe the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at the...

Katrina Pain Index 2011: Race, Gender, Poverty

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By Bill Quigley and Davida Finger Six years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast. The impact of Katrina and government bungling co...

Greater New Orleans Community Data Center to Host Forum on Lessons From Katrina

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From our Friends at Greater New Orleans Community Data Center : The 2005 storms that devastated the Gulf region will long be studied by ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Cops Knocking on your Door: New NOPD Initiative May Make the Department Look Even Worse

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A few weeks back, New Orleans City Business reported that NOPD officers had begun randomly checking car doors, locking unlocked cars, and l...

FREE Mortgage Relief Fair Set for the Westbank of New Orleans

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A group of local nonprofits and community development partners have joined together to help address the needs of homeowners in the greater N...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Noose Hanging Outside High School in Northern Louisiana Town

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From a US Department of Justice press release : The Justice Department today announced that three men were charged for their role in inte...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Groups Ask Court to Remove Individuals Convicted of Crime Against Nature by Solicitation from Sex Offender Registry

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From our friends at Center for Constitutional Rights : Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), police misconduct attorney Andr...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Why I Was Willing to be Arrested on the Gulf Coast, By Cherri Foytlin

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The day before yesterday, on August 4, 2011, one year after the President of our United States stood on national television and said that ...