Housing costs

By David Lightman

Republicans, Democrats and the White House are methodically, calmly inching toward a common goal: agreeing on a thick package of laws that would do something quickly about slowing housing costs and boosting supply. There’s no talk of gridlock here. No partisan sniping. Just an under the radar effort to show constituents in an election year that their lawmakers realize there’s a big problem when it comes to buying homes.

By Delaney Nolan, The Lens

Since November, the U.S. Coast Guard — the military branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — has conducted regular raids at Louisiana fishing docks and in Louisiana bayous to arrest immigrant deckhands and oyster harvesters. Seafood workers say that the Coast Guard, in a departure from the norm, has conducted about seven sweeps since early November, resulting in multiple arrests.

By Shauneen Miranda, Jacob Fischler

Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. He worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a young adult before King’s 1968 assassination. Leading his own political movement, Jackson became known for his populist message, charismatic delivery and organizing prowess that elevated the role and influence of Black political leaders and helped shape the modern Democratic Party.

ALSO: Norman C. Francis, the stalwart New Orleans civil rights leader who shaped Xavier University, died early Wednesday morning at Oschner Hospital. He was 94 years old. Read more from Verite News.