2 d. ago SF Public Defender’s Office to add 4 positions for immigration cases after $3.4M donation

SF Public Defender’s Office to add 4 positions for immigration cases after $3.4M donation  Local News Matters

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7 d. ago Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system

In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed in the aftermath of the storm.Katrina caused horrific destruction in New Orleans. It threw incarcerated people into a sort of purgatory - some were lost in prisons for more than a year. But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades. Two decades later, Shapiro returns to New Orleans and finds a system vastly improved.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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8 d. ago Hurricane Katrina was a catalyst for change in New Orleans' public defender office

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has been dramatic change in the public defender office.

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9 d. ago FBI office in New Zealand will defend against Chinese influence, Patel says

FBI opens its first new international office in decades in New Zealand to counter Chinese influence and transnational crime in the Indo-Pacific region.

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9 d. ago Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’

Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’  The Washington Post

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1 week ago Trump Administration Live Updates: Hassett Defends Firing of Top Labor Official Over Weak Jobs Numbers

Trump Administration Live Updates: Hassett Defends Firing of Top Labor Official Over Weak Jobs Numbers  The New York Times

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3 w. ago Funders commit $1B toward developing AI tools for frontline workers

A coalition of funders, including the Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group, will spend $1 billion over 15 years to help develop artificial intelligence tools for public defenders, parole officers, social workers and others who help Americans in precarious situations.

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3 w. ago State Department official defends layoffs and the dismantling of foreign aid agency

A senior State Department official faced tough questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday as he defended sweeping layoffs and the dismantling of the U.S.'s lead foreign aid agency.

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