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Jefferson Parish is forking over an unknown — but likely significant — amount of cash after the sheriff’s office settled two high-profile lawsuits this fall that involved deputies using force against teenagers. In addition, African American authors Jesymn Ward, Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton are using historical fiction to examine contemporary issues.

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