<p><a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> USA picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAdvocate4q66" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAdvocate4q66</span></a></span> - Pulitzer-winning local newspaper for Louisiana</p><p>➡️ @jeffsadow.blogspot.com - News feed from Between The Lines, covering Louisiana politics</p><p>➡️ @thelensnola.org - News feed from The Lens, non-profit news service in <a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> </p><p>➡️ @thecurrentla.com - News feed from The Current, non-profit news service in <a href="/tags/lafayette/" rel="tag">#Lafayette</a></p><p>➡️ @wgno.com - News feed from WGNO TV station in New Orleans</p><p>🧵 1/4</p>
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<p>For a month, New Orleans-raised, multiple time Grammy-winning artist PJ Morton traveled across four African countries, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt, for his album, "Cape Town to Cairo".</p><p>Smoke and Mirrors<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFbsziji4k" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFbsziji4k"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFbsz</span><span class="invisible">iji4k</span></a></p><p>“I’ve been told so many things about Africa. Seeing for myself broke many of those narratives that I was told. I realized that perceptions usually depend on who is telling the story,” Morton says of the new single.</p><p><a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a></p>
<p>One of my old bandmates is in a new project. <a href="https://w-9music.bandcamp.com/album/w-9-demo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="w-9music.bandcamp.com/album/w-9-demo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">w-9music.bandcamp.com/album/w-</span><span class="invisible">9-demo</span></a><br><a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#punk</a> <a href="/tags/artpunk/" rel="tag">#artpunk</a> <a href="/tags/experimental/" rel="tag">#experimental</a> <a href="/tags/demo/" rel="tag">#demo</a></p>
<p>Hey y'all! It's Raffle time for Angel! </p><p>A single, disabled mom of 4 and heart patient has art ready for a new home! </p><p>Please take a moment, chip in, get a ticket or two. </p><p>Also, it helps to drop in to say hello and amplify. Thank you. </p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#mutualaidrequest</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/housingcrisis/" rel="tag">#housingcrisis</a> <a href="/tags/instagram/" rel="tag">#instagram</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR2P4oVkTIA/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.instagram.com/reel/DR2P4oVkTIA/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.instagram.com/reel/DR2P4oV</span><span class="invisible">kTIA/</span></a></p>
<p>This Louisiana prosecutor...<br>• Was forced to resign from the DA’s office for submitting false paperwork<br>• Withheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases<br>• Compared a Black teen to a dog and told the jury to “get rid of it”</p><p>Now he’s running for judge.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hug</span><span class="invisible">o-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="/tags/shreveport/" rel="tag">#Shreveport</a></p>
