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"Like pigs in a cage": Guest workers fight 21st century slavery in Mississippi
Facing South - Durham,NC,USA
March 14, 2008
Filed by the Louisiana Justice Institute, Southern Poverty Law Center and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the suit charges the ...
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Scientists scrutinize materials used in making FEMA trailers amid formaldehyde concerns
International Herald Tribune – France
February 16, 2008
... meaning they are on fixed incomes and cannot easily find affordable housing, said Tracie Washington, president of the Louisiana Justice Institute, ...
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Work at Lafitte development stopped
The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com – New Orleans, LA, USA
December 11, 2007
Attorney Tracie Washington from the Louisiana Justice Institute, one of the attorneys that unsuccessfully filed suit in federal court to stop public-housing demolitions, told a growing crowd of protestors that she couldn't understand why workers were still preparing for the demolition despite Monday's decision.
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New Orleans after Katrina: Where's the recovery?
Workday Minnesota - St. Paul,MN,USA
October 21, 2007
Tracie Washington, CEO of the Louisiana Justice Institute, called all the developments since Katrina "a blatant assault on workers rights," starting with ...
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Orleans mental health agency diagnosed as unfit
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
October 6, 2007
Morton's attorney, Tracie Washington, alleges that the board fired her client in retaliation for questioning a contract that Bagert, the board president, ...
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After the floods
Hindu - Chennai,India
September 23, 2007
Tracie Washington, President of the Louisiana Justice Institute, calls the demolition ordinance "arbitrary and capricious" and is filing a lawsuit against ...
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Thousands protest in Jena
Washington Continent - USA
September 21, 2007
... The Community Defender, NAACP, Left Turn Magazine, Louisiana Justice Institute, Interfaith Worker Justice, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, ...
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Two years later, public housing suffers another blow in New Orleans
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
September 5, 2007
Tracie Washington is the president of The Louisiana Justice Institute and a lifelong resident of New Orleans. She says only a quarter of the more than 5000 ...
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Fight to Reopen New Orleans Public Housing "Horrible Slow and Tragic"
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
September 4, 2007
... New Orleans resident and civil rights attorney who has sued the city over its housing policies. She is President of the Louisiana Justice Institute.
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On Katrina Anniversary, Nagin Expresses Hope, Challenges Nation to Stand Up to the D.C. Bureaucracy
Baltimore Times - Baltimore,MD,USA
August 30, 2007
The Louisiana Justice Institute is the lead organization and is forming a broad coalition of regional and community-based groups to plan the day's program ...
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Massive demonstration to mark Katrina observance
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
August 27, 2007
"We urgently need as many people as possible to stand united on August 29," said Tracie Washington, president and CEO of the Louisiana Justice Institute. ...
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