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Author: Matt Davis

Trump with tea and crumpets: What Brexit says about England — and America

June 29, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019
At the heart of the fiasco called Brexit was a dark force all too familiar over here: racism

Macondo and your money: Shareholders seen as key force in curbing carbon pollution

May 5, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019
Pension funds are waking up to the financial risks of ignoring the climate risks posed by Big Oil.

Poorer communities continue to suffer lack of broadband access — and related opportunity

May 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Public Defender says sheriff doesn't provide place for attorney, clients to meet privately

March 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

New evidence suggests man convicted of murder wasn't at crime scene, attorneys say

March 19, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019
Despite his confession, attorneys say recently discovered police records show a man with an IQ of 59 should have been cleared in 1980 murder case.

Gusman close to releasing city money

March 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Inmate stabbed 14 times, deputy beaten with broomstick in separate OPP incidents

February 29, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Broken records: Sheriff not complying with open-records requests for documents

February 23, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Sheriff's wife earns thousands through no-bid deal handed out by judge

February 9, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019
A personal friendship led Municipal Court’s chief judge to give Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s wife a no-bid deal worth more than $28,000 over the past 10 months for part-time work.

NORD Commission picks new director; interim chief kept after national search

February 6, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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