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Jordan Flaherty : Challenging Louisiana’s ‘Crime Against Nature’ Law
Harassment of New Orleans sex workers. Photo from ColorLines.Justice Dept. calls law discriminatory:Victims fight Louisiana’s repressive‘Crime Against Nature’ statute Legal action comes with increased scrutiny from the federal government over the conduct of the New Orleans Police Department. By Jordan … Continue reading
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Tagged Discrimination, Jordan Flaherty, Law Enforcement, Louisiana, New Orleans, Police Repression, Sex Crimes, Sex Workers, Transgenders
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Jordan Flaherty : Corporate Profiteering One Year After Haiti Earthquake
The Haitian national flag stands at half mast at the National Palace during the one-year anniversary of the 2010 quake in downtown Port-au-Prince, January 12, 2011. Photo by Allison Shelley / Reuters.One year after Haiti earthquake:Corporations profit while people suffer … Continue reading
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Jordan Flaherty : New Orleans Jail Struggle Could Shape City’s Future
Image of Orleans Parish Prison from BBC documentary, Prisoners of Katrina.New Orleans:The nation’s incarceration capital Struggle over the size of New Orleans’ jail could define the city’s future. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 NEW … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, New Orleans, Prisons, Social Action
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Jordan Flaherty : A Movement Rises in Arizona
Protest agains Arizona’s new immigration law April 25, 2010, in Phoenix. Photo from Getty Images.Widespread struggle offers human rights vision:A movement rises in Arizona By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2010 PHOENIX — Three months ago, … Continue reading
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Jordan Flaherty : Cultural Extinction and the Deepwater Spill
Photo of Bayou Pointe-au-Chien from a backyard in the Louisiana Indian community. Photo by Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog.Cultural extinction and the Deepwater spill Louisiana’s coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP’s drilling disaster. By Jordan Flaherty … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Ecology, Economics, Environment, Jordan Flaherty, Louisiana, Oil Spill
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Jordan Flaherty : Racist Coup in Waterproof, Louisiana?
Waterproof, LA. Photo from Fox 44 / Baton Rouge.Did racist coup in northern Louisiana townOverthrow Black mayor and police chief? By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / March 27, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — In Waterproof, a small northern Louisiana … Continue reading
Jordan Flaherty : New Orleans’ Heart is in Haiti
New Orleans creole cottages: a gift from Haiti. Painting by B.Sasik.New Orleans and our Haitian roots We share a common history, and we will work for a shared future of justice and liberation. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Haiti, History, Jordan Flaherty, Natural Disasters, New Orleans
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Arson Attack on Women’s Health Organization in New Orleans By Jordan Flaherty NEW ORLEANS — Women With a Vision (WWAV), a New Orleans advocacy and service organization that provides health care and other support for poor women of color, was … Continue reading
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From NYPD Spying to Trayvon Martin Current Policing Makes Us Less Safe By Jordan Flaherty A version of this article was originally published on The Progressive: http://progressive.org/nypd_spy_victim_sounds_off.html When I heard that my name was featured in a New York City … Continue reading
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scott crow : White Vigilantes and the Battle of Algiers
One of numerous looter signs posted by white vigilantes in the small Algiers Point Neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina.Battle of Algiers:White vigilantes and the policein Katrina’s aftermath By scott crow / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2010 “…within the war … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Ground, Community Organizing, Katrina, New Orleans, Racism, Robert King, scott crow, Vigilante Justice
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NOLA’s Killer Cops : Danziger Bridge is Just the Beginning
Lance Madison is surrounded by State Police and NOPD SWAT members on Sept. 4, 2005, after violence erupted on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans. Madison was accused of shooting at police and was arrested, but he was later released. … Continue reading
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is a journalist, a community organizer, an editor of Left Turn Magazine, and a staffer with the Louisiana Justice Institute. He was the first writer to bring the story of the Jena Six to a national audience, and audiences around … Continue reading
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