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Additional early voting locations rejected in La. House committee
Legislation that would have allowed — but not required — parishes to add early voting locations failed Tuesday in a ...
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Racism is at the center of high Black maternal mortality rate, experts say
Black women are dying — during pregnancy, delivery and the postpartum period after childbirth. According to the Centers for Disease ...
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Abortion rights advocates meet at Louisiana State Capitol
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Abortion rights advocates came together to talk about how the ban on abortions in Louisiana ...
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Advocacy groups push voting rights, resources for incarcerated people at legislature
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – The legislative session kicks off the second week with advocates pushing against legislators to pass ...
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After redistricting, here’s how progressive groups still aim to change Louisiana voting
A special session of the Louisiana Legislature ended last June with lawmakers failing to sign off on a new congressional ...
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Anti-Protest Laws Are Not About Safety, They Are About Silencing Dissent
We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent. At least 42 people ...
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Meet 7 Black Women Making History Today
Ashley K. Shelton is the founder and president of the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice in Louisiana. She is ...
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Some New Orleans absentee voters receive incomplete ballots for March 25 election
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With a March 25 municipal primary election fast approaching, voters who requested them have begun receiving ...
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Louisiana House 93 race heads to March runoff after low-turnout affair
A crowded race to replace Royce Duplessis in the state House of Representatives will go to a runoff after none ...
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New state utility regulator wants to reduce rates, introduce renewable mandatesqaws
After defying the odds to become the first openly LGBTQ person elected to a statewide office, Davante Lewis intends to ...
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Second Annual Early Ed Month Focuses on Need for Investment
BATON ROUGE — From the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children: Feb. 1 marked the start of the second annual Early ...
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The Re-Up event allows students to refill school supplies for free
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - At this point in the school year, kids may be running out of supplies. To help ...
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HousingLOUISIANA President Andreanecia Morris Speaks on Extraordinary Special Session
This week, in an Extraordinary Special Session, the Louisiana Legislature is discussing the authorization of $45 million in funding to ...
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Special session begins in effort to ease the mass exodus of insurance companies from the state
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - State lawmakers are back at the capitol to deal with the issue that’s costing many ...
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‘1619 Project’ docuseries gives voice to untold history
In the trailer for the new Hulu docuseries on the groundbreaking “1619 Project,” creator and host Nikole Hannah-Jones notes that, ...
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ACLU At Liberty Podcast: The 50th Anniversary of Roe That We’ll Never See
January 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that codified the right to an ...
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State leaders reconsider early learning standards after pushback on social, emotional learning
In an about face, Louisiana's top school board Tuesday voted to take another look at new learning standards for the ...
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This Louisiana trend helped a progressive challenger steamroll a 17-year incumbent
Public Service Commissioner Lambert Boissiere of New Orleans started his re-election bid with a respectable warchest, three terms under his ...
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State Voices Showed Up For The Critical Runoff Elections In Georgia And Louisiana
In November, our network educated voters, drove turnout in BIPOC communities, and ensured voters could cast their ballots free from ...
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Lambert Boissiere, Davante Lewis square off ahead of Public Service Commission runoff
The two candidates for the Public Service Commission district that represents New Orleans and parts of Baton Rouge sought to ...
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What Louisiana needs to know about 3 constitutional amendments on Dec. 10 runoff ballot
In New Orleans, all eyes are on the Public Service Commission runoff on Dec. 10, but in many parts of ...
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Head of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice resigns amid crisis in state’s youth jails
The head of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice has resigned amid a deepening crisis inside the state's youth lockups including escapes, riots and a ...
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Louisiana voters rejected an antislavery ballot measure. The reasons are complicated
Out of five states that put measures to voters on the subject, Louisiana voters were the only ones to vote ...
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Four States Voted to End Slavery — But Not Louisiana. Here’s Why.
Voters in Vermont, Tennessee, Oregon and Alabama amended their state constitutions to abolish slavery and indentured servitude this week — ...
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Where do the Louisiana Senate candidates stand on economic development?
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – With inflation and the costs of oil and goods skyrocketing, the economy is a hot topic ...
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Mark Ballard: Nation is apprehensive going into Tuesday’s midterm elections
WASHINGTON — Anxiety is the best description as the nation’s voters approach the Tuesday election that will decide which party controls ...
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In Louisiana, Democrats seize on abortion to motivate voters
NEW ORLEANS – As early voting began in Louisiana last week, Taetrece Harrison and her mother waited for the polls ...
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Members of Divine Nine organizations ‘Stroll to the Polls’ as early voting nears an end
SHREVEPORT, La.-In partnership with the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, members of the Divine Nine, a collective of Black ...
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Ahead of election, Louisiana activists know abortion ban is staying; but they’re still fighting
A group of four phone-bankers sat around a conference table at the offices of Women With A Vision in New ...
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‘Bike N Vote’ getting young NOLA voters to the polls for early voting
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— The organization, Young People Vote, is hosting a “Bike N Vote” initiative, which provides free bikes for ...
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Bike N Vote being held to inspire minorities to vote
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Young People Vote invites the public to bike through downtown Shreveport to go vote when the ...
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Voting Rights Activists Look Beyond Supreme Court To People Power
WASHINGTON, DC — Shortly ahead of arguing before the Supreme Court on a voting rights lawsuit that bears his name, ...
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Power Coalition for Equity & Justice President says ‘Every vote counts’
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – If you missed the deadline to register to vote in person you still have a ...
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Vote Your Voice: In Louisiana, Power Coalition pursues justice at the polls
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, a 2022 Vote Your Voice grantee, represents Louisianans like Deborah, who has a partial ...
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How we fight gerrymandering in the South
As The South Votes, Episode 2. What gerrymandering looks like in the South—and what we can do about it before ...
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Tech issues keep public out of Disability Voting Task Force meeting
Technical difficulties at the Claiborne Building plagued Louisiana’s Disability Voting Task Force meeting Monday, preventing nearly 20 people from attending ...
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Here’s how to reduce power costs, help coastal communities
Competition in the electric utility industry, and more solar, nuclear and wind power, represent the best ways to reduce power ...
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SCOTUS takes on voting rights case
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – With midterms just over a month away, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on a ...
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Campus political groups seek to increase voter turnout
With midterm elections only a few weeks away, political groups on and off campus are working to mobilize student voters ...
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Do Louisiana’s Congressional districts discriminate? Supreme Court hears a related case
WASHINGTON — About 100 Louisiana students gathered Tuesday in the plaza in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the ...
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Advocates show solidarity as SCOTUS hears redistricting case
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On Tuesday, The U.S. Supreme Court took up the case of the congressional maps for ...
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Cenla residents weigh in on rising utility bills
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - For citizens concerned about rising utility bills, Oct. 4 was the final chance residents could voice ...
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Get Out and Vote Canvassing Efforts Begin to Engage Black Voters Statewide
Statewide, LA – Yesterday, Monday, September 26, 2022, the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice (PCEJ) started an on the ...
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The specter of second-class citizenship
International Democracy Day came and went this year with barely a whisper, but a quartet of human rights and community ...
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New Orleans Needs More Money for Services, Not for Police
When the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) passed in 2021, White House officials were explicit: the $350 billion promised by ...
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Lawsuits Challenge Second Class Citizenship Status in Southern States.
International Democracy Day came and went this year with barely a whisper, but a quartet of human rights and community ...
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Shreveport mayoral candidates exchange ideas during downtown forum
SHREVEPORT, La. - Candidates for mayor of Shreveport faced off Tuesday night at a candidate forum exchanging ideas about how ...
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Downtown Shreveport Mayoral Forum brings small crowd
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — As election season continues, another mayoral forum took place in downtown Shreveport Tuesday. The crowd was ...
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Black Southern Women’s Collaborative Celebrates National Voter Registration Day
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative today celebrated National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), a civic holiday meant ...
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A Choice Toward Change
Voting has been an important aspect of community voices. It wasn’t until the 26th amendment that the minimum voting age ...
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Black Voters Are Fighting Racial Gerrymandering in Louisiana
Black women are uniquely saddled with student loan debt. by Ashley Shelton in Truthout From record inflation to attacks on ...
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Democracy Is Always On The Ballot For Black People
"As it has been for generations of Black Americans, freedom is on the ballot, along with the Constitutional rights that ...
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Advocacy groups to hold briefing prior to International Day of Democracy
The briefing also comes a week before National Voter Registration Day, which is held annually on Sept. 20. Alabama Values ...
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Family Fun Block Party being thrown by NWLA Makerspace, 318 Makes
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The NWLA Makerspace and creative group 318 Makes is inviting the public to bring their families ...
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Abortion ruling, laws energizing women in congressional midterm elections
Increases in voter registration in women were noticed nationally, following the Supreme Court ruling on abortion ...
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Youth advocates demand more than a pause on juvenile transfers to Angola
Youth justice advocates are asking Louisiana residents to sign a petition to demand that Governor Edwards not move youth to ...
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Who will protect communities of color from climate disaster?
Imagine waking up every day to the smell of sulfur dioxide, gas fumes and other foul-smelling chemicals. Even if you ...
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Youth Justice Advocacy Group Fights To Keep Incarcerated Teens Out Of Louisiana’s Infamous Angola Prison
The state’s three juvenile detention centers, Bridge City, Monroe and Bunkie, have all suffered from chaotic violence and severe understaffing ...
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Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America | Ep 112: “Disheartened: Black Women in the South Mobilizing for Change
Ashley Shelton, Founder, President and CEO of the Power Coalition says many Black women, are disappointed in what's happened to ...
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Dozens of advocates to hold protest over youth transfers to Jetson, Angola
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Dozens of advocates will host a press conference to protest the state’s plans to transfer ...
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Black Southern Women’s Collaborative Urges Voters to Remain Committed to the Continual Struggle for Democracy
ATLANTA - After a bruising year that saw attacks on reproductive freedom and equitable and fair drawing of district lines, ...
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Drag queen tweet stirs controversy for Louisiana Department of Health
The Louisiana Department of Health faces backlash over a social media post that included a picture of a local drag ...
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‘I can’t afford to eat’: Baton Rouge shoppers, grocery stores struggling under weight of inflation
Jada Gabriel goes grocery shopping for her family of four every two weeks. On her last trip, she noticed the ...
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African American Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal
Ashley K. Shelton, founder and president of the Power Coalition for Equity & Justice: “This moment is devastating. In a place ...
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Judge tosses new Baton Rouge school board maps, gives Wednesday deadline for new ones
A judge in Baton Rouge ruled Friday that new election maps approved last month are illegal and is giving the ...
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Federal judge intervenes with new congressional district map after failure from legislature
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A federal judge will redraw the state’s congressional map after state lawmakers abruptly ended a special ...
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Black Southern Women’s Collaborative to Hosts Juneteenth Voter Events
The Black Southern Women’s Collaborative today announced a series of Juneteenth events in Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, and Tennessee. The organization, ...
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Disaster relief system is broken – community activists gear up for wildfires and hurricanes ahead
At an Ethnic Media Services briefing, June 3, speakers and moderator – Ashley Shelton, Founder, President, and CEO of the ...
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As Bacchanal turns 20, the Bywater ‘wine hang’ brings back part of its past
The first edition is Tuesday, June 14, from 5 p.m., with guest chef Marcus Jacobs, of Marjie’s Grill and Seafood ...
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Disaster relief system is broken – community activists gear up for wildfires and hurricanes ahead
June 1 marks the start of wildfire and hurricane season. Community activists from Florida to New Jersey, California to Louisiana ...
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Summer Feeding programs in Calcasieu Parish
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Kids are out on summer break and while some families are focusing on fun in ...
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State rep, lawsuit plaintiff & LA SoS react to congressional map redraw order
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – On Tuesday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called for a special legislative session in Baton Rouge ...
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Louisiana lawmakers must redraw maps, come up with second majority-minority district, judge rules
Louisiana legislators are going to have to return to the drawing board and come up with new maps that allow ...
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A federal judge blocks Louisiana’s congressional map, calling it a racial gerrymander.
The judge ordered the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to redraw the map to include a second district that gives Black voters ...
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Getting Ready for Natural Disasters
Hurricane season has just begun in Louisiana. Activists in several states are “organizing resilience” to prepare their communities and they ...
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Fight over staffing changes in Baton Rouge schools continues as school board debates budget
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board members on Thursday took a deep examination of Superintendent Sito Narcisse’s spending plans for ...
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Jefferson School Board reverses course, rejects expansion plan; here’s what they did
In a dramatic turnaround from a month ago, the Jefferson Parish School Board opted Wednesday night to stick with the ...
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The war in Ukraine may ramp up pollution in US oil and gas communities
For the past year, Roishetta Ozane has been trying to stop new liquified natural gas, or LNG, export terminals from ...
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Task force will study voting rights for Louisiana’s disabled people
Louisiana lawmakers have commissioned a task force to study the expansion of voting rights for people with disabilities. House Concurrent ...
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Louisiana Senate Ignores Law Enforcement, Faith Leaders, Community Members and Advocates, Advances Permitless Carry Legislation
The Louisiana chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, ...
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Louisiana Families for Vaccines hosting Day of Action at State Capitol
By Reggi Marion | BRProud BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A new grassroots advocacy group, Louisiana Families for Vaccines, is hosting ...
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She Warned the Grain Elevator Would Disrupt Sacred Black History. They Deleted Her Findings.
By Seth Freed Wessler | ProPublica A whistleblower says a plan to build a grain elevator on an old plantation ...
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Historic vote could add minority seats to Jefferson Parish School Board. See the proposals.
The Jefferson Parish School Board has published four redistricting proposals that the board will take up as it considers a ...
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Crown Act bill advances in the Louisiana legislature
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hairstyles come in all forms and a bill that advanced in the Louisiana legislature on Monday ...
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Demographer says political map to match Baton Rouge racial balance probably can’t be done
by Terry Jones for The Advocate Creating a sixth majority-minority district on the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council could ...
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Arguments wrap up in battle to block congressional maps for upcoming elections
by Ariel Salk for BRPROUD BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — After five long days, arguments have wrapped up at the ...
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Challenge to Lousiana congressional maps opens; groups seek 2nd majority-Black district
by Charles Lussier for The Advocate A challenge to Louisiana's newly drawn congressional maps opened Monday in federal court, with ...
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Advocates asking federal judge to block recently passed congressional maps
by Ariel Salk for BRPROUD BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The next step to challenge Louisiana’s congressional map happened Monday ...
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Rally to be held at EBR School Board Office
by Paula Jones for BRProud BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A group of local organizations are planning a Thursday evening ...
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In fight for more minority representation, Jefferson Parish School Board will add new districts
In a seismic shift that will dramatically alter Louisiana's largest public school system, the Jefferson Parish School Board plans to ...
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Residents ask Jefferson Parish School Board for more Black, Hispanic election districts
Board is two thirds White, school system one third White by Faimon A. Robers, III for Nola.com The Jefferson School ...
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Grain elevator: Ruling lets slave descendants suit go ahead
By Rebecca Santana | AP EDGARD, La. — Descendants of slaves who lived and toiled in southeastern Louisiana won a key ruling Thursday ...
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Courting litigation, EBR School Board OK’s election maps that likely preserve White majority
Setting up a likely lawsuit, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Thursday voted along racial lines to give ...
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Lawsuit filed to challenge Congress redistricting map in Louisiana veto override
Only a couple of hours after the Louisiana Legislature voted to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a congressional map ...
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From Bloody Sunday to the Present, We Must Continue to Resist
On this day, 57 years ago, March 7, 1965, activists endured attacks and abuse crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge to ...
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Open Letter to Governor Edwards Regarding Redistricting
Dear Governor Edwards, On behalf of the below signatories, we write to thank you for doing what is right and ...
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Food or power: Energy bill late fees force tough choices
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chris Kinney, a resident of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, has seen his electricity disconnected eight ...
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“A Matter of Survival”—Sade Dumas on Combating Racial Injustice in the Criminal Legal System
Sade Dumas, executive director of the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition(OPPRC) in Louisiana, has worked tirelessly to decrease the population of ...
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Redistricting Louisiana: What You Need to Know About Redistricting in Louisiana 2022
Redistricting is how state and local governments redraw their political lines. Every 10 years following the Census, political maps are ...
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Clancy DuBos: Louisiana remap plans could be the next Plessy v. Ferguson
If you’ve ever wanted proof of the old French adage, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” ...
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Janea Jamison: There is no ‘race blind’ fight in redistricting
Throughout the last six months, thousands of community members and fair redistricting advocacy groups have come together to shed light ...
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Community Spotlight: Power Coalition Equity and Justice
Janea Jamison of the Power Coalition for Equity & Justice talked to WAFB about the Power Coalition ...
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Though Black population increases statewide, numbers decrease on legislative level
“People don’t understand how gerrymandered our maps have been over the years. We basically crack and pack people of color ...
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Guaranteed income is coming to the Gulf South. Take a look at 3 programs launching soon
“We know that 25% of the citizens in Shreveport are living in poverty, and we know that a program like ...
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Grassroots groups in the South’s least-vaccinated states take on hesitancy
This summer, the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, a coalition of community-based organizations that promotes civic engagement across Louisiana, started ...
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Louisiana north shore residents want out of New Orleans area congressional district
COVINGTON — State lawmakers on Tuesday heard from many north shore residents who were eager to have new political maps ...
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There are 4 constitutional amendments on Louisiana ballots Saturday. Here’s what they mean.
After years of doing taxes the same way, Louisiana voters beginning Saturday are being asked to decide if the state ...
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Sweeping Constitutional amendments on the ballot
After years of doing taxes the same way, Louisiana voters beginning Saturday are being asked to decide if the state ...
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Staging Nov. 13 election has been tough
Storm water had moved a tomb near the front door. When the door was opened a snake slithered out from ...
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Every Voice Matters: Why Redistricting Is Important
Ashley Shelton, Executive Director of the Power Coalition of Equity & Justice, discusses redistricting in Louisiana. By Ashley K. Shelton ...
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Civil rights groups push for redistricting to increase chance of second Black Louisiana lawmaker
A coalition of major civil rights organizations demanded Monday that Louisiana legislators redraw election districts to increase the chance that ...
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Former state legislator: We need competition in Louisiana’s stagnant political system
Redistricting is the hot topic at the State Capitol these days, and it should be. The outcome of the redistricting ...
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Civil rights groups demand second minority-majority district in Louisiana
A coalition of major civil rights organizations demanded Monday that Louisiana legislators redraw election districts to allow for the chance ...
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‘It’s always urgent when it’s about vote, voice and power’
‘It’s always urgent when it’s about vote, voice and power’ Climate change, a major concern of this week’s United Nations ...
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Disaster Recovery: A System That Continues to Fail Its People
OPINION: It is imperative that groups seeking to offer humanitarian relief direct funds to grassroots groups who are clNonprofits and ...
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Partner Spotlight: Power Coalition for Equity and Justice delivers the goods
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice is a group of community-based organizations that work together to educate and empower voters ...
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Resiliency Politics & Mutual Aid in the Wake of Hurricane Ida
The word resilient is one that has been oft-used to describe those of us in Louisiana who survived Hurricane Katrina ...
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Stop Asking Us to Be Resilient: On Hurricane Ida, COVID-19, and Trauma in Louisiana
"WE CANNOT EXCUSE THE SUFFERING OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AS A MATTER OF FATE; IT IS A MATTER OF POLITICAL WILL," ...
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12 organizations directly helping Black, brown victims of Hurricane Ida
“It is imperative that groups seeking to offer humanitarian relief direct funds to grassroots groups who are closest to the ...
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New Orleans could see Entergy bill hike to cover company‘s Ida recovery costs
Entergy New Orleans customers could end up paying higher electricity bills to cover the cost of repairs from Hurricane Ida — but how big of an increase ...
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Black Southern Women’s Collective Urges Candidates to Focus on Needs of Marginalized People and Not Police Budgets
Ahead of a host of local and municipal elections, the Black Southern Women’s Collective, today urged marginalized communities to demand ...
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On Hurricane Ida, COVID-19, and trauma: Resilience cannot be a permanent state
OPINION: It is imperative that groups seeking to offer humanitarian relief direct funds to grassroots groups who are closest to ...
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Louisiana judge rejects request to resume $300-a-week federal benefits for jobless residents
A Louisiana judge on Thursday rejected a request for a preliminary injunction that would have required the state to resume ...
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How door-to-door canvassing became the ‘heartbeat’ of Louisiana’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign
When Lakeisha Brown knocks on doors to talk about the coronavirus vaccines, she anticipates tough conversations. Oftentimes, folks are confused ...
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Voting to Determine Your Health – The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner
Power Coalition CEO Ashley Shelton discusses grassroots organizing in Louisiana in the current pandemic and political landscape ...
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Additional early voting days nearly secured in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) - Louisiana voters could have four additional days for early voting in the next presidential election ...
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Louisiana has a voting access problem; expanding the number of voting days could help
Louisiana has a voting access problem, particularly in areas where Black voters reside. But one bill before the Louisiana Legislature, HB ...
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Louisiana Power Coalition seeks to reach immigrants who avoided 2020 Census
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A coalition of Louisiana organizations dedicated to civic engagement wants to get the word out to ...
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La.’s GOP lawmakers now support COVID-19 accommodations for upcoming elections
Ashley Shelton, the executive director of the nonprofit, said Tuesday night that her organization appreciates Ardoin keeping the COVID-19 reasons ...
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Florida Just Passed A $15 Minimum Wage. Is The Time Right For A Big Nationwide Hike?
When news broke that Florida voters had approved a ballot measure raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Terrence ...
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Amendment 5 opponents say Louisiana lawmakers should take the amendment’s defeat to heart
‘The people are tired’ of corporate tax exemptions, one opponent says During Tuesday’s statewide election, Louisiana voters rejected Amendment 5, ...
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The latest factor in voter suppression: Weather
Extreme temperatures and record storms are shuttering polls, leading climate advocates to raise concerns about disenfranchisement. A record number of ...
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VOTER SOLUTIONS: Power Coalition makes sure no voter is turned away
WEST MONROE, LA. (KTVE/KARD)– Candice Battiste with Power Coalition Equity and Justice said this year’s early voter turnout was record ...
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Historic election nears; how metro New Orleans officials plan to handle the crowds
Louisiana is gearing up for a historic election on Tuesday, with officials in the New Orleans area expecting extraordinary turnout ...
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Chronically homeless in Baton Rouge often miss out on right to vote
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On Election Day Tuesday, there will be a population that has a much tougher time ...
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Louisiana voting advocates rebuffed in effort to extend absentee-ballot deadlines in wake of Hurricane Zeta
In Louisiana, where 325,000 homes remained without electricity Friday in the wake of Hurricane Zeta, voting advocates were rebuffed in ...
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The Power Coalition is providing rides to the polls in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La- If you need a ride to the polls on Election Day, the Power Coalition --along with its Power ...
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What Happens to Voting When There’s a Natural Disaster
WEST MONROE, LA. (KTVE/KARD)– Candice Battiste with Power Coalition Equity and Justice said this year’s early voter turnout was record ...
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Northeast Louisiana ranks last in the state in quality of life according to new study
OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KNOE) - A new study by the non-profit Measure of America revealed that Northeast Louisiana has the ...
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‘One, two, three punch’: Back-to-back hurricanes and COVID-19 complicate voting in Lake Charles
A string of natural disasters has drastically altered how Lake Charles’ residents will cast their votes this election year. In ...
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FACT CHECK: President Trump claims you can change your vote, but does that hold up in the ArkLaTex?
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - President Donald Trump posted a tweet on Tuesday, saying people can change their votes. However, that ...
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Scalawag is answering your questions about voter suppression in the South.
On the precipice of a historic election in a global pandemic, as anti-racist action confronts increasing authoritarianism, voting is under ...
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Organizations host information drives for Vote Early Day
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Long lines and anxious voters signal early voting across the United States, as the country prepares ...
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Voting down the ballot: Which local races matter?
How to make sense of the seemingly endless list of local offices up for election. "Overcrowded ballots are a form ...
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After Hurricanes, It’s Harder Than Ever for Lake Charles’ Black Residents To Cast a Ballot
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On Election Day Tuesday, there will be a population that has a much tougher time ...
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ID mix-up during early voting resolved for Caddo Parish voter
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - With more than 41 million Americans already voting in the 2020 election, there’s a strong feeling ...
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Junebug Productions and Power Coalition Wants You to Exercises Your Right to Vote
Tomorrow, October 20, at 7:00 p.m., Stephanie Mckee-Anderson, Executive Artistic Director of Junebug Productions, a 40-year-old local and national leader in ...
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How to Support Voting Rights and Protect our Elections: A Guide for Where to Donate Money
In the midst of a pandemic and uncertainty about what Nov. 3 will bring, it’s safe to say that the 2020 presidential ...
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‘Bring a chair’ | Early voting in Jefferson Parish still takes hours on Day 3
According to the Louisiana Secretary of State, 16,880 people cast a ballot Friday and Saturday in Jefferson Parish during the ...
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