Low pay is driving away Louisiana's early childhood education teachers, survey says nola.com/news/louisiana… via @nolanews

1 in 5 every people in Louisiana relies on food stamps, PAR Louisiana report finds. Piper Hutchinson has details. lailluminator.com/briefs/louisia… #lagov #lalege #Hunger

Utility companies in Louisiana saddled in- and out-of-state residents & businesses with $340M in unnecessary costs over the past three years, a recent study shows. Wesley Muller explains why their bills were bigger than they should have been. lailluminator.com/2024/07/25/coa…

🚨 We're a week away! 🚨 Please join us, the @StTammanyCorp, and the Ready Louisiana Coalition for a webinar about a new public-private partnership model of early care and education funding. Register today: bit.ly/3W90tlv!

LDF played a critical role in Freedom Summer. Alongside other organizations, LDF provided legal and financial assistance to the movement, taking on 100+ cases and representing over 250 Freedom Summer volunteers.

veritenews.org/2024/07/29/pow… Ashley Shelton featured in Vertienews.org. Check it out!

These stores are understaffed, inadequate store infrastructure for safety, not enough training, and rarely have community safety managers. The broken Dollar Store business model is abandoning NO East after flooding us with stores that discouraged new local grocery stores post-K.

LDF is making sure that Black voters in our core states have the information that they need, can overcome hurdles that are put in front of them. This upcoming general election will be one of the most consequential of our lifetime. Learn more at ldf.vote

Rather than charge a reasonable amount for health care, lets over-inflate the patient costs, bankrupt the patient, then have a charity pay off enough of the debt to erase it. nola.com/news/business/…

Since 1961, all sectors of our society, including education, have used affirmative action to level the playing field. Let’s be clear: Even with the constraints of the Supreme Court’s ruling, colleges and universities are still able to consider students’ experiences with race.

Consumer Reports shares tips for transitioning your baby into child care for the first time. youtube.com/watch?v=g3ZY9_…

"Whenever we talk about electronic monitoring, it's really important... to uplift the narrative that it is an alternative 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 of incarceration, not an alternative incarceration 𝙩𝙤 incarceration." - ✨Myaisha Hayes ✨

Voter Registration Drive at Thrive 9th Ward. Hosted by HANO's ROSS Program in partnership with Women With a Vision, Sam's Club, and United Healthcare.

"This is a disastrous manifesto that would take us back decades, if not centuries, in terms of the progress that we've made on civil rights, on constitutional rights. This is a threat to democracy, and it is a special, specific threat to Black people." Janai Nelson on MSNBC

Beep, beep! 🚙 Need a ride to the polls? In Orleans Parish, Regional Transit Authority has free fare all day on Election Day and Ashe Cultural Arts Center is providing rides upon request from 10am-6pm. @powercoej is also providing rides if you fill out their form: powercoalition.org/powerrides/

Workers Bill of Rights passes 80% of the vote 117k voters! Landslide win!

Thank you for the shoutout Symone D. Sanders Townsend. We are extremely proud that LDF and our incredible clients and co-counsel were able to create a congressional district in which Black voters were able to elect a candidate of their choice in this election. Power is built brick by brick.

Came back to say, the law school journey is coming to a close. One of the hardest things I have ever done but also the most rewarding. - Carlos A. Pollard Jr., J.D.

We are! 💛💙

60 Years Later The Voting Rights Act changed history—but voter suppression is alive and well. This November, your voice, your vote, and your action are more important than ever. 📅 Early voting: Sept. 27–Oct. 4 🗳️ Election Day: Oct. 11