Chris Daemmrich

Louisiana State Police is helping to monitor the "online chatter" about the push for federal immigration arrests in south Louisiana - regularly providing updates about whether the effort is popular. Story from @jack_brook96 and @JimMustian #lalege #lagov apnews.com/article/immigr…

new orleans was not disposable after katrina; its children are not disposable now. my latest @TheLensNOLA: thelensnola.org/2025/08/27/new…

Here's @JeremySWallace spoiling another shot at Saturday's rally @bobphoto

Pair of legends activists, performer Brigitte Bandit and 95-year-old @DoloresHuerta , co-founder of National Farm Workers highlight "Fight the Trump Takeover" rally at Texas Capitol Saturday @bobphoto #txlege @texasdemocrats

Some of my favorite sections of Lorenzo Komboa Ervin’s “The Progressive Plantation: Racism Inside White Radical Social Change Groups” 🧵

“We would do well to remember that IQ is, above all, a eugenic concept, concocted to sort winners from losers and to justify the rules of the game. Eugenics … in the 21st century … among those who fancy themselves futurists?” —⁦@ruha9⁩ lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-ne…

make ‘The Memory of Roses: Recollections with Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter’ by @_Kristina_Kay the first thing you read this morning! burnaway.org/magazine/the-m…

Author Alex Hannaford's new book, "Lost in Austin," tells how he adored Austin, then did not. statesman.com/story/news/his…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that could trap hundreds of thousands of Palestinians without food or water. apnews.com/article/hamas-…

Whiteness is an ecological disaster causing mass extinction

Since 2023, 86 anti-DEI bills in 28 states have been introduced and 14 have become law. For the architecture profession, these new laws are arriving just as the field is finally welcoming more women and people of color. ow.ly/IHnU50TI6IN

Somewhat related. The City of New Orleans forfeited hundreds of millions in federal housing money this year so that a councilmemer could keep affordable housing away from the gated community where he (and several other important local politicos) live

Not to sound like a broken record, but I'm thinking about several Black folks I interviewed last year who told me they settled in Tampa & Orlando because the cities aren't hit directly by hurricanes What has shifted over the last 4 years is unimaginable capitalbnews.org/black-migratio…

It’s telling that Graves would rather retire than even attempt to do this. Louisiana Republicans really are anti-Black to the core

The question that always remains unasked here is “what’s stopping Julia Letlow or Garrett Graves from competing to be Black voters’ preference”

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@skooks The people in power have failed us. That’s why we need new leadership. And it’s why I’ve proposed the ‘Insuring Our Future’ plan, which you can read about here: Devin4LA.com/insure

In New Orleans, a ‘Black Beach’ Is Being Rescued From the Ruins nytimes.com/2024/09/24/tra…

@jeffreynparker ‘Development Drowned and Reborn’

5 restaurants in New Orleans have been stealing wages from over 350 workers. Nobody will go to jail and the media won't give a shit because crime is a social construct that is selectively applied on the poor and vulnerable. dol.gov/newsroom/relea…