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April 19, 2024
Landry’s Power Play Over Public Defense in Louisiana
Lauren Gill
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March 8, 2024
“We’re Going to Be Overwhelmed”: How Louisiana Just Ballooned Its Jail Population
Piper French
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January 26, 2024
Your Guide to Four Emerging Threats to the Voting Rights Act
Quinn Yeargain
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January 10, 2024
Louisiana Organizers Brace for Landry
Piper French
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November 21, 2023
Democrats Held Off the GOP in Legislative Races This Year, Again Bucking Expectations
Daniel Nichanian
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November 3, 2023
10 Local Elections This Month That Matter to Voting Rights
Bolts Staff
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October 16, 2023
Louisiana Takes a Hard Swing to the Right
Daniel Nichanian
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October 5, 2023
Election Conspiracies Loom Over Louisiana’s Secretary of State Race
Cameron Joseph
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October 3, 2023
The Five States Where Trifectas Are At Play in November
Daniel Nichanian
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September 19, 2023
Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery
Moe Clark
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August 31, 2023
Jeff Landry’s Bid for Louisiana Governor Has Been a Crusade Against Its Cities
Piper French
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August 24, 2023
Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding
Alex Burness
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August 18, 2023
Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform
Piper French
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July 17, 2023
The Death Penalty on Trial in Louisiana
Piper French
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April 11, 2023
Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons
Victoria Law
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April 3, 2023
“A Weapon by the State to Silence Our Voices”
Piper French
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December 14, 2022
What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023
Daniel Nichanian
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April 1, 2022
Louisiana Court Officials Resist Reforms to End the Predatory Fines and Fees that Fund Their Offices
Kalena Thomhave
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March 28, 2022
“Designed to End Protesting”: Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Protesters Guilty by Association
Daniel Nichanian
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April 21, 2021
In Nation’s Incarceration Capital, a New D.A. Is Freeing People From Prison
Katie Jane Fernelius
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November 23, 2020
A D.A. Runoff Will Decide New Orleans’ Criminal Justice Future
Katie Jane Fernelius
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October 8, 2020
How New Orleans Activists Are Pushing D.A. Candidates to End Mass Incarceration
Katie Jane Fernelius
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May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Stalls Efforts to Help People with Felony Convictions Register to Vote
Stephanie Wykstra
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October 17, 2019
Louisiana Sheriffs Have a Great Election Night
Daniel Nichanian
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September 18, 2019
In Louisiana, Sheriff Elections Will Shape ICE’s Reach
Daniel Nichanian
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August 21, 2019
Governor’s Race Could Decide If Louisiana’s Prison Population Continues to Shrink
Daniel Nichanian
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