April 2021 Archive

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Justice advocates seek changes in police practices, funding increases for public defenders in upcoming La. legislative session
By Mahogani Counts Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — In this spring’s legislative session, criminal justice advocates will be pushing for increased funding for public defenders and for changes in ...
Defendants whose non-unanimous convictions were tossed take plea deals on lesser charges
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens Over a dozen people who recently had their convictions based on non-unanimous jury verdicts vacated by Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams office last month ...
Jacked
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As long as I remember, generosity has been a personal value that I’ve embraced and practiced. I assume that my large number of siblings ...
Pres. Biden, please ignore the former president
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The previous president, also known as 45, or the Orange Man, or the Nutty Narcissist, kept our nation with his insanity for more than four years. ...
Ga. businesses must stand against law suppressing the right to vote
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In Georgia, Donald Trump’s big lie that the election was stolen has now been turned into bad law — an election law designed to make it harder ...
It’s time for nationwide boycotts
The manhandling arrest of Georgia State Representative Park Cannon by five white state police is the last straw.
The GOP’s real target – the Voting Rights Act
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist All eyes have been on Georgia’s blatant effort to shove the state permanently back in the red state column with its naked, unabashed Jim Crow-style vote ...
Always right to fight!
By Vincent L. Hall Columnist, Texas Metro News Now this one will probably get me into trouble, but it does not matter. There is undeniable evidence that my mama and God love ...
‘Jim Crow in the 21st Century’ Republican lawmakers working to turn back the clock on voting rights
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Donald Trump no longer occupies the White House, but he continues to cast a long shadow over one crucial aspect of politics: access to ...

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