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Bill Quigley
No Lawyers? No Jail. Judge Demands Constitution Be Respected in Louisiana Public Defender Catastrophe
13 Apr 2016
by Bill Quigley The state that incarcerates more people per capita than any other is in blatant violation of the Constitution for failing to provide defendants with an adequate – or any – legal…
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Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle
06 Apr 2016
by Bill Quigley A young corporate lawyer returned to Louisiana to immerse herself in the post-Katrina struggles of her people. “People were being asked, in the middle of trauma, to sign away rights…
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Public Defender Meltdown in Louisiana
02 Mar 2016
by Bill Quigley Equal justice under the law is a mere abstraction, or a cruel joke, if you’re a captive of the State and don’t have a lawyer. Louisiana’s public defender offices are broke, unable to…
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Ten Troubling Numbers Labor Day 2015
09 Sep 2015
by Bill Quigley U.S. workers are in bad shape. Two-thirds of poor people have jobs that don’t lift them out of poverty. Actual unemployment is at least twice as high as the official figure. Blacks…
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New Orleans Katrina Pain Index at Ten: Who Was Left Behind
22 Jul 2015
by Bill Quigley A decade after the Katrina catastrophe, 100,000 people have still not returned to New Orleans, most of them Black. Whites in the city have gotten a lot richer, yet poverty still…
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40 Reasons Our Jails and Prisons Are Full of Black and Poor People
03 Jun 2015
by Bill Quigley There are many paths to prison in the United States, the undisputed world leader in incarceration. The process begins with hyper-surveillance that can last a lifetime. “Not until…
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2015 Memorial Day: Praying for Peace While Waging Permanent War?
27 May 2015
by Bill Quigley Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 declaration that the U.S. was the “greatest purveyor of violence in the world” remains true, today. “We must commit ourselves and organize others…
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Top Ten Arguments for Raising the Minimum Wage
19 Mar 2015
by Bill Quigley The American state provides every imaginable support and subsidy for the capitalist class, but balks at mandating wages sufficient to provide a decent life for workers. “No…
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Social Justice Quiz 2015: How Much Do You Know About Inequality?
14 Jan 2015
by Bill Quigley The United States behaves as if it is an arbiter of “social justice” in the world. But, in reality, the U.S. is among the earth’s most unequal societies. How widespread is social…
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Ten Illegal Police Actions to Watch for in Ferguson
19 Nov 2014
by Bill Quigley Expect the police to deploy their dirtiest tactics against post-grand jury demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri: Provocateurs, snatch squads, false arrests, intimidation, kettling,…