Not surprisingly, a state investigation found that it’s American citizens who vote in Louisiana. At a divided and depressing time in the country, there’s a bit of quiet good news on voting. It comes in an unexpected place. Louisiana politics has long stirred a rich gumbo of tall tales and wild rumors. “When I die, […]
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 […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is once again positioned to decide the future of Black political power in Louisiana. This time, the case—Louisiana v. Callais—centers on whether a congressional district map, drawn under court order to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA), should be struck down as unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court is once […]
With the City of New Orleans still struggling to recover from a direct hit from Hurricane Zeta, as many as 11 polling locations are expected to remain without power on Tuesday. However, in spite of their responsibility to ensure that all citizens are able to vote, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and Commissioner of […]
The clearly wrong decision by the US Supreme Court allowing Wisconsin’s election to continue is going to a have a lasting effect. And Louisiana is fertile ground for similar attempts to corrupt an election. Wisconsin has been suppressing voters for decades. Most recently they have been doing this out in the open using courts packed […]
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