JENA—When referring to the Nationalist Movement’s rally today, the Rev. Al Sharpton said the fight is not just with those “who will pull on a white robe,” but the fight is also with those “that put on a black robe everyday and sit up on the bench.” Read More and Discuss

Three Kenner City Council members are calling on Mayor Ed Muniz to apologize for a remark he made about a noose during his state of the city speech two weeks ago. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA — It could be the Barker family, not the families of the Jena Six, who receive the money from Jena Six Defense Fund. Read More and Discuss

Growing numbers of blacks say they’re worse off than five years ago and don’t expect their lives to improve, a study released Tuesday shows. Black pessimism about racial progress in America, according to the study, is the worst it’s been in more than two decades. Read More and Discuss

Bryant Purvis is expected to be arraigned this morning in the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena. He is the last of the Jena High School students known as the Jena Six to enter his plea in court. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA — Court proceedings are on hold for a black teenager accused of beating a white classmate, one of the Jena Six cases, until after a hearing to consider whether the case should be closed to the public. Read More and Discuss

The resignation of District Attorney Eddie Jordan sparked talk Tuesday of how to free his office from the looming threat of asset seizure—a move that could cripple the justice system—as plaintiffs aim to collect the $3.7 million federal legal judgment his office owes them. Read More and Discuss

NEW ORLEANS (AP)—New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan - his search for help to pay off a $3.7 million discrimination judgment against his office unsuccessful - has called it quits. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department came under fire at a sometimes volatile House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday for what some panel members called the federal government’s failure to act in the Jena 6 case. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON - The controversial “Jena Six” case will come under congressional scrutiny today during a hearing before a key House panel. Read More and Discuss

NEW ORLEANS (AP)—A judge decided the fight that thrust a teenager into the center of a civil rights controversy violated his probation for a previous conviction and ordered the boy back to jail, the teen’s attorney said. Read More and Discuss

JENA - Reports of threats against those involved in the Jena Six case continue to be reported. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON - Congress increased its efforts last week to seek greater federal involvement in the Jena Six case, which has turned a schoolyard fight in a small Louisiana town into an explosive national debate on race relations. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON - The Congressional Black Caucus is asking the Justice Department to investigate possible civil rights violations in the “Jena Six” case that sparked a massive protest in Louisiana last week. Read More and Discuss

JENA — Mychal Bell walked out of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse into freedom Thursday after being jailed for 10 months for the December beating of a white Jena High School student. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE - District Attorney Reed Walters has agreed that Mychal Bell, one of the group of black teenagers labeled the “Jena Six,” be tried as a juvenile, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Wednesday evening. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — A lawmaker said Tuesday he will press the government for the release of a black teenager held in the Jena Six case that last week spurred one of the biggest civil rights demonstrations in years. Read More and Discuss

NEW ORLEANS — Authorities said Monday that patrols have been increased in and around the central Louisiana town of Jena amid concerns over the safety of the families involved in the case of six black teenagers accused of beating a white student. Read More and Discuss

It was only about 50 years ago that protesters marched in the streets or sat at lunch counters to fight for racial equality. Read More and Discuss

The push came from Stacy Lewis’ son, a boy just a few years younger than a jailed black teenager in a smidgen of a town named Jena. Read More and Discuss

JENA - The attorney for a teenager whose conviction as an adult in a racially charged schoolyard beating was overturned last week has filed motions to have him released from jail, or at least moved to a juvenile facility, while the prosecutor appeals. Read More and Discuss

If you wear pants below your waist — showing skin or underwear — or know someone who does, you might want to get a belt, cover up or make a few phone calls. Read More and Discuss