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11mOrleans DA’s office withholding critical case records from law firm reviewing wrongful convictions
The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office refuses to release records to the criminal justice nonprofit Innocence & Justice Louisiana unless the nonprofit pays a disputed bill. The group says the ongoing denials could jeopardize its work getting the wrongfully convicted out of prison.
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4mTropical Storm Bertha plods toward Southeast Louisiana
Bertha is expected to make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday evening.
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3mLosing ground: The history of Black land ownership in America
Thinking about the 250th anniversary of America (actually the United States), I considered the land mass that the nation occupies.
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6mLouisiana socialists rally in solidarity with victims of immigration enforcement agents
The rallies commemorated Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who were killed by federal immigration officers in Texas and Maine.
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4mLouisiana put on alert ahead of likely Tropical Storm Bertha
A tropical depression that is getting better organized — and likely to become Tropical Storm Bertha later Monday — has Louisiana officials putting residents on alert for possible flooding and wind damage.