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Act 281 is one of several tough-on-crime laws passed by a conservative state legislature this year. Among them are laws to treat 17-year-old offenders as adults and bring back the electric chair.
Posted inJustice

New law that undoes mug shot restrictions can affect livelihoods, advocates say

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson August 26, 2024December 11, 2024
Leona Tate poses in her old first-grade classroom at McDonogh 19 Elementary School, now the TEP Interpretive Center, which she runs, in New Orleans on Aug. 19, 2024. In front of her is the book titled, "Small Shoes, Great Strides," about Tate and her classmates' experience integrating New Orleans schools.
Posted inHistory

Civil rights pioneer Leona Tate talks about integrating New Orleans schools, racial justice

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson August 22, 2024August 22, 2024
Bree Anderson (left) holds her son, A'sir Apparicio, as her nephew, Romyn Ross, sits next to them at the NOLA Baby Café at East New Orleans Regional Library on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.
Posted inHealth

At NOLA Baby Café in New Orleans East, families get breastfeeding advice

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson August 19, 2024August 23, 2024
The cover of Naomi DeBerry's book "My Daddy Needs a Gift."
Posted inHealth

New Orleans preteen writes children’s book inspired by father’s organ transplant

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson August 1, 2024August 13, 2024
Part of the "Capitve State" exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection shows Louisiana's role in the rise of mass incarceration in the United States.
Posted inCulture, News

New exhibit connects chattel slavery to mass incarceration in Louisiana

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson July 23, 2024August 13, 2024
Posted inNews

Council reviews short-term rental exceptions, celebrates DJ Hall of Fame

Katie Jane FerneliusAvatar photo by Katie Jane Fernelius and Arielle Robinson July 12, 2024August 13, 2024
Plan B, probiotics, condoms, stickers and zines with reproductive healthcare information sit on a table at CareChella,a reproductive justice event put on by the Louisiana Abortion Fund and Plan C Pills, on Saturday, July 6, 2024.
Posted inHealth

Despite recent abortion bans, reproductive justice groups try to expand access to care

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson July 8, 2024August 13, 2024
Then-Mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial and then-editor-in-chief of Essence Magazine Susan L. Taylor unveil "Proud Mary" at the 1997 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.
Posted inCulture

As Essence Festival marks its 30th anniversary, a look at its past, present and future

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson July 5, 2024August 13, 2024
Reginald Johnson (left), founder of Youthful Offenders to Reformed and Responsible Adults (YORRA), and Desmond Lewis (right), treasurer for the group, and stand with a child on Whitney Avenue and L B Landry Avenue on March 30, 2024. YORRA hosted a free easter basket giveaway that day.
Posted inCommunity

Formerly incarcerated people to host reunion Saturday at Audubon Park

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson June 14, 2024December 11, 2024

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