Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat
By Nick Chrastil The Lens For decades, Angola has forced prisoners to work in fields in extreme heat. Today, they urged a federal judge to halt the practice. Congressional lawmakers unite to combat far-right Project 2025 Initiative
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-California) has announced the formation of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, a new working group aimed at halting ... Local nonprofit builds tiny home for people leaving prison or jail
By John Gray Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Two local nonprofits are teaming up to provide housing for people just getting out of prison or jail in an effort to help them re-enter ... Gov. Landry enacts law that lets officials ignore public records requests
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Gov. Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that allows government officials to ignore the state’s public records law without consequence. Baseball legend Willie Mays dies at 93
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Willie Mays, the iconic Hall of Famer often hailed as the greatest player in baseball history, has died at 93. The news broke ... After SCOTUS decision to allow bump stocks, US Senate rejects bill to ban them
By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts blocked a bipartisan bill last Tuesday (June 18) that would ban bump stocks following a Supreme Court decision that repealed ... Federal broadband expansion projects see mixed progress in Louisiana
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana has completed several of its American Rescue Plan Act rural broadband projects across the state, while a separate federal broadband program is lagging behind ... New law seeks crackdown on civil disobedience on campus
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has enacted a law to exclude acts of civil disobedience from free speech protections on college campuses. New Orleans’ intensive Center for Resilience closes abruptly
By Marta Jewson The Lens In 2021, Deborah was able to get her son, B., into the Center for Resilience, a groundbreaking therapeutic day program located on Calhoun Street, near Audubon Park. ... Americans with HIV are living longer. Federal spending isn’t keeping up.
By Sam Whitehead Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Malcolm Reid recently marked the anniversary of his HIV diagnosis on Facebook. “Diagnosed with HIV 28 years ago, AND TODAY I THRIVE,” he wrote ...
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