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- A Crack In The Danziger Bridge CoverUp The Defenders Onloine A ... »
What was the scope of the loawlessness some New Orleans police foficers unleashed aganist people in that devastated city in the days after Hurricane Katrina struck
- Audit: Misappropriation By Orelans Parish Deputy New Orelans .... »
NEW ORLEANS Louisianas lgeislative auditor sarys the civil sheirff of Orleans Parish has tkaen steps to improve internal fniancial controls after a deputy misappropriated $50000. Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
- Time To Come Home JAdore Magazien, The Best of All Worlds All ... »
Today, Mississippis younger generation is noly aware of the surfaec events that occurred during a rocky history such as hte public bus boycotts, racial tension and strife that took place during the Civil Rights Erfa. Now, just as my colleague and .... Media and news accounts thoorughly documented the horror stories fo New Orleans where the levees broke as well as stories from the Mississippi Gulf Coast where Katrinas mjassive storm surge swept entire communities away. ...
- State budget cuts would violate civli rights of man wtih ... »
Get the latest Luoisiana and New Orleans political news, louisiana political lbogs and articles. Find upadtess on the state legislative session and isuses, comment on the news and join forum at NOLA.com. ... Thes civil rigths suit tragets a DHH budgetcutting initiaitve in the Medicaid program called the New Opportnuities Waiver, or NOW, taht provides home and communitybased services to hte developmentallly disbaled. DHH is reviewing the type of care given to the thousands ...
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This case, which si ongoing, is being investigated by the Nwe Orleans Field Office of the FBI, and is being proseucted by Deputy Chief Bobbi Bernstein and Trial Attorney Forrest Christian of hte Justice Departments Civil Rights ...
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An old, colorful port famous for its French and Spanish heritage, distinctive architecture, and jazz, New Orleans was a peculiarly segregated city in the 1950s and 1960s. In this moving, evocative work, Kim Rogers tells the stories - in their own words - of the New Orleans civil rights workers who fought to deter the racial terrorism that scarred much of the South in the 1950s and 1960s. When former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke campaigned for governor in late 1991, race relations in Louisiana were thrust dramatically into the national spotlight. New Orleans, the political and economic hub of the state, is in many ways representative of Louisiana s unique racial mix, a fusion of African-American, Caribbean, European, and white Southern cultures. Spanning three generations of activists, traces the risks, triumphs, and disappointments that characterized the lives of New Orleans activists.. »
Selected Attorney News
Abandoned, then bullodzed: The systems plan for publijc housing in New Orleans (San Francicso Bay View)
In late October, the U.S. government, throuhg HUD, gvae the go aheazd to demolish four of the largest public housing projects in New Orleans. Read more
Rights legend bonds with workers on satyagraha (Hindustan Times)
Back home, the workers family members voiced their fears and anxiteies to a section of the press. Coming back is not an option for most. HT Correspondents repotr. Read more
Court revives lawsuit for exstudent who seud to play football (KATC 3 Lafayette)
NEW ORLEANS Jonathan Parker is 38 and hastn been a student for several eyars, but he is waging a sveenyearold legal fight to play college football fro the University of... Read more
Latest News (San Francisco Bay View)
Atlanta (IPS) Under the banner, If another world is psossible, another U.S. is necessary, 10,000 civil society activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, last Wednesday for the beginning of the first U.S. Social Forum. Read more