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Bill Quigley

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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New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams (Photo: Jason Willams/Facebook Page)

Peoples Coalition Helped Elect New Orleans' First Progressive District Attorney

Members knocked on doors, made thousands of calls and texted to get the word out about the importance of the election and the important issues in the DA race.

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A couple react as they go through their destroyed mobile home following the passing of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on August 27, 2020. -Hurricane Laura tore off roofs and shredded buildings in the southern US state of Louisiana as it slammed into the coast early on August 27 killing at least one person, with shaken residents emerging to survey the damage. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Past Time to Remember Thousands Displaced and Left Behind by Hurricanes Laura and Delta

As 2020 ended some people were still living in tents.

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A medic loads a sick nursing home resident with Covid-19 symptoms into an ambulance on August 5, 2020 in Austin, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

19 Tragic Facts About Covid-19

At least 106,000 nursing home residents and staff died from COVID as of early December, around 39% of the overall deaths reported.

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Medical personnel talk at a drive-thru Coronavirus COVID-19 testing station at West Jefferson Medical Centeron March 17, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. West Jefferson Medical Center has opened a drive-thru Coronavirus test station where patients who are exhibiting signs and symptoms of the Coronavirus can be referred by a physician to be tested. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

7 Very Disturbing Facts About COVID-19 in Louisiana

One of the nation's hotspots is suffering severely from the outbreak.

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St. Martin de Porres homeless shelter client Randy Armstrong says the coronavirus “sucks.” There are 212 mats at St. Martin de Porres shelter for men like Armstrong over the age of 50. He’s shoved his mat against the wall for more space. (Photo: Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Six Quick—But Very Important—Points About Coronavirus and Poverty in the US

The most vulnerable among us simply do not have the same options as the most privileged.

Bill Quigley ·

A man asks for money in Philadelphia

Memorial Day – 7 Facts Documenting Our Neglect of Millions of Veterans

Politicians who preach patriotism would do well to address these issues

Bill Quigley ·

The Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson.

The Blueprint for the Most Radical City on the Planet

“If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights, or in a war against poverty, then whatever we do will be of no meaning because then we will have the equality of extinction.”

Bill Quigley ·

Warning Letter to Harvey and Irma Survivors from Katrina Survivor

Above all, watch out for one another and care for one another

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