From the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign: A new report has been released by three nonpartisan legal reform groups about the unprecedented national attack on state courts. The report warns that “the story of the 2009-10 elections, and their aftermath in state legislatures in 2011, reveals a coalescing national campaign that seeks…
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Foreclosure mill, Steve J. Baum, and its employees find homelessness and poverty funny. Steven J. Baum is the largest foreclosure mill firm in the state of New York, and represents Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, among other mortgage lenders. A former employee sent photos of the…
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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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Princss of ProgressivePOC has a new piece up in this excellent series: Recently via my genealogy research, I found my GGGGG-Grandmother Catherine Little. Catherine was born in 1788 in New Jersey. It is unknown at this time whether Catherine was born free or enslaved. There are clues that lead to…
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From Colorlines: Ohio University student Sarah Williams says she was at a Halloween party last year when she snapped a picture of someone in black face. “It angers me and it’s unacceptable,” Williams said in an interview with Colorlines.com on Monday. So she and some fellow students decided to do…
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From Constitutional Law Prof Blog: DOMA – – – the Defense of Marriage Act – – – already suffering from legislative efforts at repeal and seriously questionable constitutional status, including the Obama DOJ’s decision not to defend its constitutionality, has been challenged again. In a Complaint filed [yesterday], the Servicemembers…
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From Prison Culture Blog: As part of my ongoing interest in the history of prisons in the U.S. and especially in the convict leasing system, I am sharing excerpts from an article published in a magazine called “The Literary Digest” in June 1914. I came across this article as part…
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Yogi D breaks it down: (15)
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