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A group of about 45 people participated in a "die-in" protest Friday afternoon (July 8) in front of the New Orleans Police Department headquarters. The protest, coming at the end of a week that saw two high-profile police shootings and the deaths of five Dallas police officers, was intended to stress the importance of life, said organizer Yamil Rodriquez. Rodriquez is an arts teacher with Community Works, which conducts an after-school program with International School of Louisiana. "This is a gathering to celebrate life, honor life, and show the stark difference between life and lack of life," Rodriquez said. With...

A "white people against white supremacy" rally and teach-in organized by the advocacy group European Dissent took place at Lafayette Square on Sunday, June 28, 2015. The gathering honored the nine black people who were murdered in Charleston, S.C. last week. "We stand in solidarity with black communities and other communities of color who bear the brunt of white supremacy and racism, here in New Orleans and across the world," the group said in a statement. "White supremacy is part of the fabric of America. White supremacy works through all of our systems and institutions to marginalize, silence, devalue, undermine,...

“The thing that I think is going to convince people that my campaign is credible is the fact that if I make a misstatement, I’m willing to retract it. If I make a mistake, I’m willing to admit I made a mistake,” Cain told reporters after a $500-a-person private fundraiser at a downtown steakhouse. Asked by reporters if such a quality was presidential, Cain responded, “Yes it is, because the last perfect person was hung on a cross 2,000 years ago,” a reference to Jesus Christ.