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Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio: 08-10-2010: Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner: Take Two 08-03-2010: Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner 07-20-2010: Activist Carl Davidson on U.S. Social Forum 07-13-2010: Former Diplomat Col. Ann Wright on Gaza Flotilla … Continue reading
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08-10-2010 / Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner: Take Two 08-03-2010 / Satirist and Realist Editor Paul Krassner 07-20-2010 / Activist Carl Davidson on U.S. Social Forum 07-13-2010 / Former Diplomat Col. Ann Wright on Gaza Flotilla & more 06-29-2010 … Continue reading
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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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Tagged Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, New Orleans, official, Police Brutality
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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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Jena, Louisiana : Drug Bust or Racist Revenge?
Sheriff Scott Franklin, shown reveling in loot obtained during a controversial drug raid last summer in Jena, Louisiana. Photo special to The Rag Blog.Revenge for civil rights protests?‘Operation Third Option’ in Jena By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
Culture of Abuse : Police Harassment of New Orleans Transgenders
New Orleans cops are on the prowl for transgenders. Photo by Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Archive.Transgender community in New OrleansClaims abuse and discrimination by police By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2010 New Orleans’ Black … Continue reading
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Landrieu and the Saints : A New Day for New Orleans?
New Orleans mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu. Photo from AP.Who dat mayor:A new day for New Orleans? By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / February 9, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — In a city consumed by the Superbowl and Mardi Gras celebrations, … Continue reading
A Real Crime : How the Law Treats Sex Workers in New Orleans
‘Crimes against nature’:Prosecuting sex workers in New Orleans More than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry — which was designed for rapists and child molesters — are indigent women convicted of sex work. By Jordan Flaherty / … Continue reading
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Her Crime? Sex Work in New OrleansMore than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry – which was designed for rapists and child molesters – are indigent women convicted of sex work By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag … Continue reading
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‘Everyone at the Top Is Getting Fat Off Our Misery’
See “New Orleans, Three Years Later” by Jordan Flaherty and Katrina video with Richard Dreyfus, below. By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / August 28, 2008 I was looking at my calendar; the ‘things to do’. I note on … Continue reading
I Ain’t Strugglin’, I’m Free
A Small Louisiana Town Struggles to Shut Down a Prison and Build a School: Education Versus Incarceration in TallulahBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Tallulah is a small town in Northeastern Louisiana, one of the poorest regions in the US. It is about … Continue reading
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Reject the Racism of the Jena 6 Prosecution
Jena Ignites a Movementby Jordan Flaherty, September 21, 2007 Six courageous families in the small Louisiana town of Jena sent out a call for justice that has now been amplified around the world. Yesterday’s mass protests in Jena were unlike … Continue reading
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