Louisiana | Watching America

Canada: 10 Commandments School Order Exposes More than Just Hypocrisy in the Deep South

Rejeanne Lacroix - June 26, 2024. Published in Toronto Star

Japan: Black People Face Disadvantage in US Criminal Justice System

Robin Koerner - September 17, 2020. Published in Asahi Shimbun

Black people are often specifically targeted by police. Arrestees are often pressured to accept plea deals to avoid costly trials or the threat of life imprisonment by admitting guilt.

Canada: The Truce of the Chief Justice

Robin Koerner - July 3, 2020. Published in La Presse

From our perspective in Quebec, where women have had the right to abortion since the end of the 1980s ... debates on this issue in the United States seem surreal.

Mexico: They Need Us Even If It Is Painful to Them

Robin Koerner - June 10, 2017. Published in La Crónica de Hoy

In a matter of months after Katrina, in New Orleans alone, nearly 15,000 undocumented immigrants were already cleaning and rebuilding the city.

Canada: Talking to the Walls

Robin Koerner - June 13, 2015. Published in Le Devoir

Solitary confinement should be used as a very last resort, but it has become the disciplinary tool of the moment and is used indiscriminately.

Canada: Louisiana, Where Keystone Looms Large

Robin Koerner - November 20, 2014. Published in National Post

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