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April 26, 2025

He’s Been On Louisiana’s Death Row for Decades. A Judge Just Vacated His Conviction.

March 26, 2025

“Some of These Kids Are Already Lost When They’re Two Years Old”

March 20, 2025

The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions

February 24, 2025

Louisiana Governor Flexes Power to Police New Orleans, Defying Local Preferences

January 17, 2025

On Voting Rights, Eight Legal Battles to Watch in 2025

Quinn Yeargain,

April 19, 2024

Landry’s Power Play Over Public Defense in Louisiana

March 8, 2024

“We’re Going to Be Overwhelmed”: How Louisiana Just Ballooned Its Jail Population

January 26, 2024

Your Guide to Four Emerging Threats to the Voting Rights Act

Quinn Yeargain,

January 10, 2024

Louisiana Organizers Brace for Landry

November 21, 2023

Democrats Held Off the GOP in Legislative Races This Year, Again Bucking Expectations

Daniel Nichanian,

November 3, 2023

10 Local Elections This Month That Matter to Voting Rights

October 16, 2023

Louisiana Takes a Hard Swing to the Right

Daniel Nichanian,

October 5, 2023

Election Conspiracies Loom Over Louisiana’s Secretary of State Race

Cameron Joseph,

October 3, 2023

The Five States Where Trifectas Are At Play in November

Daniel Nichanian,

September 19, 2023

Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery

August 31, 2023

Jeff Landry’s Bid for Louisiana Governor Has Been a Crusade Against Its Cities

August 24, 2023

Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding

August 18, 2023

Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform

July 17, 2023

The Death Penalty on Trial in Louisiana

April 11, 2023

Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons

April 3, 2023

“A Weapon by the State to Silence Our Voices”

December 14, 2022

What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023

Daniel Nichanian,

April 1, 2022

Louisiana Court Officials Resist Reforms to End the Predatory Fines and Fees that Fund Their Offices

Kalena Thomhave,

March 28, 2022

“Designed to End Protesting”: Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Protesters Guilty by Association

Daniel Nichanian,

April 21, 2021

In Nation’s Incarceration Capital, a New D.A. Is Freeing People From Prison

Katie Jane Fernelius,

November 23, 2020

A D.A. Runoff Will Decide New Orleans’ Criminal Justice Future

Katie Jane Fernelius,

October 8, 2020

How New Orleans Activists Are Pushing D.A. Candidates to End Mass Incarceration

Katie Jane Fernelius,

May 28, 2020

COVID-19 Stalls Efforts to Help People with Felony Convictions Register to Vote

Stephanie Wykstra,

October 17, 2019

Louisiana Sheriffs Have a Great Election Night

Daniel Nichanian,

September 18, 2019

In Louisiana, Sheriff Elections Will Shape ICE’s Reach

Daniel Nichanian,

August 21, 2019

Governor’s Race Could Decide If Louisiana’s Prison Population Continues to Shrink

Daniel Nichanian,