To-day's tracks are by #FolkPop singers #Tulia of #Poland.

https://youtu.be/69OYpJko3oQ
https://youtu.be/zvnFEATEx7A
https://youtu.be/bYGNyY31zRc
https://youtu.be/09NqLjHJtGQ
#LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

In one morning's work, a Panhandle prosecutor and his undercover narc busted three dozen black residents of #Tulia. ...

From the archives: Arguably one of our most important stories, an investigation into the shocking #racism of #police arrests in the tiny town of Tulia, #Texas: https://www.texasobserver.org/611-the-color-of-justice/

#TexasNeedsAnObserver
#prison #HumanRights #news #politics #USpol #WarOnDrugs #Drugs

Attorney Jeff Blackburn, a crusader for the innocent, fought injustices across #Texas in his improbable, utterly original, and often profane life.

A memorial for a social justice lawyer, from our senior writer Lise Olsen, who spoke to some of those who knew him best: https://www.texasobserver.org/remembering-a-social-justice-lawyer-extraordinaire/

(CW: Description of suicide)

#news #memorial #RIP #JeffBlackburn #Tulia #politics #police #SocialJustice #HumanRights #law

We are saddened to learn about the death of Jeff Blackburn, the attorney who played such a vital role in #Tulia.

We wish all the best to his family and friends. May he rest in peace and power.

https://www.texasobserver.org/611-the-color-of-justice/

#JeffBlackburn #HumanRights #Law #History #Texas #History #RIP #news

A loss. A very painful loss:

Remembering Jeff Blackburn: Texas attorney who exonerated dozens, exposed Tulia drug bust
Blackburn’s work helped set the stage for more than a decade of reforms to Texas’ criminal justice system that remain among the most transformational in the nation.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/jeff-blackburn-obit-texas-attorney-tulia-drug-bust-17755009.php

#Tulia #InnocenceProject #RIP