Bill Quigley
Bill Quigley is Associate Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He is a Katrina survivor and has been active in human rights in Haiti for years. He volunteers with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) and the Bureau de Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port au Prince. Contact Bill at quigley77@gmail.com
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Views Thursday, October 19, 2017 The Blueprint for the Most Radical City on the Planet In July 2017, 34 year old Chokwe Antar Lumumba was sworn in as Mayor of Jackson Mississippi. He soon announced that the city was going to be “ the most radical city on the planet .” This was not an idle boast because Jackson Mississippi, of all places, is where one of the country’s most radical... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Warning Letter to Harvey and Irma Survivors from Katrina Survivor Dear Fellow Hurricane Survivors: Our hearts go out to you as you try to return to and fix your homes and lives. Based on our experiences, here are a few things you should watch out for as you rebuild your communities. One. Rents are going to skyrocket and waves of evictions are likely. With so many... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Everything Wrong with Charter Schools on Display in New Orleans New Orleans is the nation’s largest and most complete experiment in charter schools. After Hurricane Katrina, the State of Louisiana took control of public schools in New Orleans and launched a nearly complete transformation of a public school system into a system of charter schools. Though there... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 06, 2017 How to Reverse Incarceration in Louisiana: Thirteen Steps to Stop Being First in Being Last Louisiana was recently named “ Worst State ” in the nation, again . One of the reasons was the state’s 50 th ranking in crime and corrections . Being the incarceration capital of the county is obviously not helping our reputation. Here are a dozen plus ways for Louisiana to stop jailing many more... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Ten Examples of Direct Resistance to Stop Government Raids Resistance to unjust government action is the duty of all people who care about human rights. As Dr. King reminded us in his letter from a Birmingham jail , "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal." It is now clear that Latinos and Muslims are Trump’s first target for... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 28, 2016 Twelve Ideas Post-Election from Front Line Organizers When you find yourself in a suddenly darkened room, what do you do? Some rush blindly to where they think the door might be. Others stand still, let their eyes get adjusted to the different environment, re-orient themselves, then cautiously and sensitively, move forward. Some search out people who... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Social Justice Attorney Andrea Burton: Jailed for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Lapel Pin Andrea Burton, a 30 year old Ohio criminal defense lawyer, was rocketed onto the national social justice scene this summer after she was handcuffed and jailed for refusing to take off a Black Lives Matter pin while in court. Burton’s stance received international attention . “I think that you can’t... Read more |
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Views Monday, August 22, 2016 Katrina Pain Index 2016 by the Numbers: Race and Class Gap Widening Summary. Hurricane Katrina hit eleven years ago. Population of the City of New Orleans is down by over 95,000 people from 484,674 in 2000 to 389,617 in 2015. Almost all this loss of people is in the African American community. Child poverty is up, double the national average. The gap between rich... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Baton Rouge: "Put Those Damn Weapons Down!" " Put those damn weapons down . I'm not going to tell you again, goddamn it. Get those goddamn weapons down." That was the first command of one of Louisiana’s most revered figures, General Russell Honore , when he arrived in New Orleans in 2005 to direct the military recovery after Hurricane... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 04, 2016 Voting Rights for 70,000 Louisiana Felons Sought in Constitutional Challenge Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE) and 8 individuals filed a class action voting rights challenge for 70,000 people in Louisiana saying they are illegally prohibited from voting.* The VOTE suit charges that the Louisiana legislature wrongfully and unconstitutionally passed a law disallowing people... Read more |