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Gazette’s Audrey Peterman to receive national environmental award

The Westside Gazette’s environmental writer Audrey Peterman has been selected to receive the National Park Conservation Association’s Centennial Leadership Award 2022, for her “role as an important and influential park advocate.” The Award will be presented at the organization’s Annual Salute to the Parks at the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in DC, on April 6, 2022. […]

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Ben Crump To Sue Louisiana Over Claims ‘Wealthy White Men’ Raped Black Children In The State’s Care

      Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he plans to move forward with a lawsuit against Louisiana’s agency overseeing child welfare over years-old allegations that Black children were sexually abused while in the state’s custody. Crump, who represents a woman claiming that she and her sibling were raped by “wealthy white men” when they were underaged, held a press conference to announce the lawsuit on Monday morning in Baton Rouge. […]