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Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free the Jena SixBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Almost a year ago, in the small northern Louisiana town of Jena, a group of white students hung three nooses from a tree in front of Jena High … Continue reading →

Looking for Justice in Jena, LouisianaBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Speaking to a crowd of demonstrators in front of a rural Louisiana courthouse last week, Alan Bean, a Baptist minister from the Texas panhandle, inveighed against injustice. “The highest crime in the … Continue reading →