† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. The Year of the Vote by Nancy A.…
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From NYT: Presidents at 36 private colleges earned more than $1 million in 2009, up from 33 the previous year, according to a study by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The annual study, using data from federal tax documents, found that the median compensation — including salary and benefits —…
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Angela Davis on OWS: In the past, most movements have appealed to specific communities – workers, students, black people, Latinas/Latinos, women, LGBT communities, indigenous people – or they have crystallised around specific issues like war, the environment, food, water, Palestine, the prison industrial complex. In order to bring together people…
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From Center for American Progress: According to new data recently released by the Census Bureau and the Pew Research Center, households headed by someone 65 or older had an average total net worth 47 times greater than a home headed by a person 35 or younger. … The wealth gap…
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From Colorlines: On Wednesday the president announced that he’s moving to ease Americans’ student debt load with an executive order that would save borrowers “hundreds of dollars a month” in student loan payments. Called the “Pay As You Earn” plan, starting January 2012 people would be able to cap their…
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From the AP: President Barack Obama recalled his struggles with student loan debt as he unveiled a plan Wednesday that could give millions of young people some relief on their payments. Speaking at the University of Colorado Denver, Obama said that he and his wife, Michelle, together owed more than…
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From Colorlines: What happens when the police officer who works at your high school also happens to moonlight as an immigration agent conducting raids in the neighborhood where you live? Latino middle and high school students in the small Colorado town of Carbondale started reporting exactly this over a year…
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