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Severely ill prisoner removed from disciplinary lockdown after health concerns raised by attorney, press

Dixon Correctional Institute prisoner Nicholas Courville’s attorney alleged that he was sentenced to 30 days in segregation ...
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Housing justice activists pack City Hall in support of the Low Barrier Shelter, right to counsel program

In its fifth day of budget hearings, the New Orleans City Council discussed the state of funding for housing related programs ...
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Lauren Jewett challenges Steve Scalise for congressional seat in a heavily Republican district

Lauren Jewett, a special education teacher, believes that the ground game is her chance to topple the well-established ...
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Food aid enrollment in Louisiana nosedives after SNAP rule changes

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After Louisiana redistricting, a voting rights advocate fears a return to Jim Crow

When Press Robinson went to register to vote for the first time, he was expecting trouble. It was 1957. As a young Black man ...
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Once a slave, William Murrell went from the pulpit to the Louisiana Legislature

William Murrell was born enslaved but he eventually became a state representative for Lafourche Parish during the Reconstruction era. Credit: Public Domain Sign up for Verite’s free daily newsletter ...
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‘It’s torture’: Trans immigrant detainees allege experiencing abuse, medical neglect at Jena immigration detention center

Three trans women have been held in solitary confinement for months allege that they are facing abuse at the Central ...