Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 30, 2024
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Oscar fever
Oscar fever
Oscar fever
‘Wholly Ineffective and Pretty Obviously Racist’: Inside New Orleans’ Struggle With Facial-Recognition Policing
Politico
Records obtained and analyzed by POLITICO reveal the practice failed to identify suspects a majority of the time and is disproportionately used against Black people.
Friday Nite Videos | June 25, 2021
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Sha’Carri Richardson Wins Gold & Carl Nassib Becomes First Openly Gay NFL Player. The Music’s Back in This Region. A Crime On The Bayou. Buy, Borrow, Die: How America's Ultrawealthy Stay That Way. How Quantum Mechanics Helps Birds Find Their Way.
A Crime On The Bayou (2021) | Trailer
Attorney Richard Sobol stands up to a racist legal system to defend Gary Duncan, a Black teenager wrongfully accused of assaulting a boy in 1966 New Orleans. In select theaters now.
Friday Nite Videos | June 18, 2021
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Election Officials Are Under Attack. Iko Iko | Playing for Change. The One and Only Dick Gregory | Documentary. New Study Shows the Single Biggest Motivation for the Jan. 6 Rioters. Why It Actually Might Be 'Survival of the Friendliest.'
Iko Iko Feat. Dr. John, Members of Grateful Dead + More | Playing for Change
The New Orleans classic and Mardi Gras favorite, "Iko Iko." This song features Dr. John in one of his last known recordings, along with the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.
Friday Nite Videos | October 2, 2020
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The Supreme Court. The Good Lord Bird | Miniseries Trailer. What the Proud Boys Stand for, in the Founder's Words. What It's Like to Be Evicted in the Middle of a Pandemic. How to Drugs.
What It's Like to Be Evicted in the Middle of a Pandemic
The U.S. may soon be facing an "eviction apocalypse." With the CARES Act set to expire, some experts estimate up to 28 million people could face losing their homes.
labor
New Orleans City Council Unanimously Backs Medicare for All
Common Dreams
The resolution passed Thursday endorses federal legislation ensuring comprehensive healthcare coverage both for the duration of the pandemic and beyond.
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Hit Hard by Covid-19, Transit Workers Call for Shutdowns
CityLab
Bus drivers and subway workers are dying from coronavirus at an alarming rate, and transit union leaders are calling for aggressive action to make them safer.
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