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Tag: New Orleans Activism

Residents to Protest at JPSO Tomorrow After Reports of Dangerous Immigration Raids

December 9, 2025

Public protest: Jefferson Parish residents and community groups to gather at Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Building in protest of racist immigration crackdown New Orleans, Louisiana- One week into “Operation Catahoula Crunch,” Jefferson Parish has seen a barrage of violent immigration raids, with residents being chased, harassed, or arrested without cause. Furthermore, video and eyewitness evidence […]

Louisiana Shouldn’t Be the Deportation Capital of America

July 31, 2025

Here in New Orleans, we know something about hospitality, about second chances, and about justice. Our history—complex and beautiful—is rooted in resistance, resilience, and a deep, enduring fight for fairness. That’s why what’s happening just up the road in Central Louisiana should give us all pause. Every day, at Alexandria International Airport, immigrants—some documented, many […]

On Heels of No Kings Day Protest, Louisiana Freedom Caucus Suggests That Drivers Can Run Over Protesters If They Feel Threatened

June 15, 2025

On a day meant to celebrate resistance to tyranny, Louisiana’s far-right lawmakers issued what critics are calling a thinly veiled permission slip for violence. During Saturday’s No Kings Day protests across Louisiana—part of a national movement rejecting authoritarianism and Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded military birthday spectacle—the Louisiana Freedom Caucus released a “public safety alert” reminding citizens […]

‘Hands Off!’ Protest in New Orleans Sends a Clear Message: We’ve Had Enough

April 8, 2025

On Sunday, April 6, 2025, New Orleanians packed Lafayette Square to protest the mounting threats to public services, civil rights, and working-class communities. The New Orleans protest April 2025 event was part of a national ‘Hands Off!’ day of action, and the message was aimed squarely at state and federal leaders: keep your hands off […]

Progressive Activist Groups in NOLA

October 1, 2018

  I’m at a meeting in the middle of Tulane’s campus, where I collapse (a doctor tells me it’s dehydration, but I’ll just assume it’s the power of the Lord), while a presentation rages on about, what else, Brett Kavanaugh, who has now become way more a part of my job than I would like. […]

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