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Civil rights investigative journalist Stanley Nelson, ‘the best of us,’ died last week

MT icon by Mississippi Today June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

America lost a gentle giant in journalism when Stanley Nelson, who investigated some of the nation’s most notorious racially motivated slayings in Mississippi and Louisiana, died unexpectedly last week. He was 69.

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Arnold Bertonneau: N.O. wine merchant and civil rights activist

by Tammy C. Barney May 5, 2025May 4, 2025
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Louisiana sent kids to adult jail that violated scores of regulations, reports say

Avatar photo by The Appeal April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
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Lawsuit alleges Jefferson Parish deputies beat, pepper sprayed man without reason

Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius April 4, 2025April 4, 2025
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Judge dismisses immigration suit alleging unfair treatment of post-Soviet asylum-seekers

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick February 17, 2025February 17, 2025
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NOLA ICE office illegally refuses to release medically vulnerable woman, lawsuit alleges

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
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‘Where does the hate come from?’ 5 New Orleanians beaten in 1961 test for freedom

by Tammy C. Barney August 26, 2024August 23, 2024
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Aristede Dejoie: Black leader who tested the Civil Rights Act of 1875

by Tammy C. Barney June 17, 2024August 13, 2024
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23 states ask EPA to halt civil rights rules regulating pollution

by Floodlight April 22, 2024June 10, 2024
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Lit Louisiana: Books should be read, not banned

New Orleans author Fatima Shaik by Fatima Shaik July 18, 2023August 13, 2024

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