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Cantrell moves to reverse bans on facial recognition, predictive policing and other surveillance tech

By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens At the request of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans City Council introduced an ordinance on Thursday to severely

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HBCU leaders decry waves of bomb threats as federal investigators probe origin

By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Hours before the Southern Poverty Law Center held a virtual panel last week about recent bomb threats made

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FBI probes bomb threats against HBCUs, including Southern and Xavier
By Laura Cassels Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — More than 20 FBI field offices around the nation are investigating a series of bomb threats characterized as “hate crimes” against Historically Black Colleges ...
Derek Chauvin trial expert calls Hammond police use of force among ‘most abusive’ he’s seen
By Wes Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — One of the nation’s leading experts in police procedure told the Hammond City Council last Tuesday video of white police officers subduing a handcuffed Black ...
La. receives $91M for utility bill pay assistance
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer On Jan. 7, the White House announced that Louisiana received a record $91.7 million in funding to help state residents, especially those in low-income households, struggling to ...
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Poor once more: Millions of families thrown back into poverty as child tax credit expires
(Ethnic Media Services) — As U.S. families stare down the twin barrels of the lingering Covid-19 pandemic and rising inflation, Congress has let expire the Child Tax Credit, a critical ...
La. struggles to solve murders as homicide rates rise
By Lara Nicholson, Zane Piontek, Brea Rougeau and Jada Hemsley Contributing Writers (LSU Manship School News Service) — Chlanda Gibson was in her bed last April when she heard loud pops ...
ACLU Justice Lab files suits against La. law enforcement
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As the calendar ticks over into a new year, the ACLU of Louisiana has collected information on hundreds of race-driven cases of violence and abuse by law-enforcement ...
New Orleans Charter Schools: A failed experiment?
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer Part I Despite the public relations and the glowing and crowing about the efficacy of charter schools, the truth is that Hurricane Katrina’s 2005 path of destruction left ...
Governor’s new health order doesn’t include mask mandate
By Wes Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Faced with signs of a fifth coronavirus surge in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a new emergency health order Tuesday, December 21, that ...

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