Crescent City Peace Alliance, in conjunction with Students at the Center, gather for the Third Annual Homer Plessy Celebration Day to remember the start of the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans over a century ago.

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Protestors at the reopening of the Desire Housing Project rallied to seek support for HR 1227, and demand immediate action for displaced public housing residents.

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Photos of Demonstrators at Desire Reopening

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Protestors at the reopening of the Desire Housing Project rallied to seek support for HR 1227, and demand immediate action for displaced public housing residents. More...

May 9, 2007, New Orleans- City officials said Wednesday they would not tear down homes in the Lower 9th Ward, which are already slated for destruction, if the homeowner is working with Common Ground to make the home liveable. Read the rest of this article.

This is the most recent development on city demolitions in the lower ninth ward. Read more

Judge Arthur Hunter ordered 42 inmates freed for the excessive time they spent behind bars without adequate access to counsel. Hunter supported public defenders, agreeing that severe underfunding is resulting in overwhelming case loads and they were unable to provide adequate representation to the 42 people, who then faced months and sometimes years in prison without any movement in their case. The mainly minor narcotics charges against the defendants are not dropped-the cases are stayed and the defendants freed on their own recognizance.

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