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I write opinion pieces in New Orleans, one of the newsiest towns around. Previous roles at The Times-Picayune have included covering the courts in St. Tammany Parish and crime in the River Parishes.

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Photo of boy in public housing with an iPad prompts debate over what the poor should have: Jarvis...

Photo of boy in public housing with an iPad prompts debate over what the poor should have: Jarvis...

In a story that appeared on Wednesday's front page some residents of the Iberville public housing development…

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Louisiana lawmaker needs lesson in religious freedom: Jarvis DeBerry

Louisiana lawmaker needs lesson in religious freedom: Jarvis DeBerry

Rep. Valarie Hodges voted for Gov. Bobby Jindal's controversial voucher bill, but now the Republican from Wat…

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Algiers parents, faculty merit new school leader's respect: An editorial

Algiers parents, faculty merit new school leader's respect: An editorial

When I made it to the drive-through window at Burger King last weekend, the woman with the headset was tellin…

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Black New Orleans police officers help maintain blue wall of silence: Jarvis DeBerry

Black New Orleans police officers help maintain blue wall of silence: Jarvis DeBerry

"Then I go to my brother, and I say, 'Brother, help me, please.' But he winds up knocking me Back down on my …

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Black, white arrest disparities don't reflect reality: Jarvis DeBerry

Black, white arrest disparities don't reflect reality: Jarvis DeBerry

Much of black America cheered in 2010 when President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act. Be…

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In New Orleans, it's the police, not the feds, who've beaten us down: Jarvis DeBerry

In New Orleans, it's the police, not the feds, who've beaten us down: Jarvis DeBerry

Raymond Robair fell victim to the New Orleans police a month before Hurricane Katrina. Federal prosecutors br…

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The Republican governor who wants people to feel ashamed they can’t afford food Original

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| Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
When I was a boy in Holly Springs, Mississippi, you could stand in front of the local Women, Infants and Children office, throw a rock and hit the office of the Mississippi State Highway Department, where my dad worked on road construction crews. My mother, a seventh-grade English teacher, would sometimes  bring me with her to the WIC office to pick up food items such as cheese and powdered milk on her way home from the school.
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The National Guard occupation that has been brutalizing Memphis must stop Original

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By Jarvis DeBerry Verified
| Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
To walk through Memphis is to step into an eerie, simultaneous haunting, both visible and invisible. You see armed soldiers and federal agents everywhere in Memphis: an uncanny, disruptive presence woven into the mundane fabric of our daily lives. Since they arrived in September, they have become a disturbingly normalized fixture. Some roll through our neighborhoods in plain clothes, driving ordinary Sprinter vans, looking for all the world like tourists who got lost on their way to Beale Street.
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In ruling against Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act,’ this Trump judge took DeSantis to school Original

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| Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 decision Tuesday upholding a lower court decision against Florida’s so-called Stop WOKE Act is a necessary rebuke of state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has sought to make Florida a prototype for a conservative higher education agenda.
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