There is a new report by the GAO with regard to the costs of vacant properties inflicted by the national foreclosure crisis. From the GAO: According to Census Bureau data, nonseasonal vacant properties have increased 51 percent nationally from nearly 7 million in 2000 to 10 million in April 2010,…
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† The Criminal InJustice Series 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. “Felon Fitness”: Thoughts on Cultural Commodification…
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From The Root: After 30 years of legal battles in what is perhaps the nation’s most famous and racially charged death-penalty case, Philadelphia prosecutors announced today that they will end their battle to seek the death penalty for former Black Panther and one-time journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder…
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From Montgomery Advertiser: Law enforcement agencies in Alabama began receiving letters Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Justice cautioning them not to infringe on people’s constitutional rights when enforcing the state’s immigration law. The letter, signed by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, is being sent to all sheriff’s offices…
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From The Root: This week the big news on the Racism Watch is the New York City cops who have been discussing on Facebook black attendees of Brooklyn’s West Indian American Day Parade in classically unsavory terms: “Animals.” “Savages.” “Drop a bomb and wipe them all out.” And it would…
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From Colorlines: housands of unemployed workers and activists from around the country will begin to “Take Back the Capitol.” The protesters will spend today setting up an encampment on Capital Hill and K Street in Washington, DC. Organizers say they want to remind members of Congress that they work for…
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From ThinkProgress: [T]he Center for Responsible Lending has found 76 percent of payday loan volume (and $3.5 billion in annual fees) is due to “churning,” which is repeat borrowing by customers who paid off their loan, but because of the interest, require another loan before their next paycheck…. Major banks…
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From NYLJ: A lender has dropped, at least for now, a challenge to a state requirement that attorneys attest to the information they file in foreclosure proceedings. The motion in Erie County Supreme Court by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corporation seeking to have the requirement declared unconstitutional was withdrawn without prejudice…
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