How Mississippi’s Prop 26 Can Hurt ALL Pregnant Women
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Latinos Students Report More Bullying in Wake of Alabama Immigration Law
From ImmigrationProf Blog: Lots of troubling news from Alabama, which is the “new” Alabama when it comes to civil rights. AP reports that “Spanish-speaking parents say their children are facing more bullying and taunts at school since Alabama’s tough crackdown on illegal immigration took effect last month. Many blame the…
Obama announces help for student loan borrowers
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…
CI: Bread and Water
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. Bread and Water by Nancy A. Heitzeg “All sorrows…
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore at OWS
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Somewhere Between Black Power and White Rage
From Crunk Feminist Collective: There have been several public “events” privileging race, gender, and class during the past weeks in New York City that featured prominent Black feminists. After the film screening of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, the conference about Anita Hill 20 Years Later: Sex, Power and Speaking…
Addressing Racism and #OccupyWallStreet
From People of Color Organize: According to the main websites associated with #OccupyWallStreet, it is “one people, united,” a “leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions,” and an “open, participatory and horizontally organized process.” In other words, it professes to be the universal protest against…
7 Billion Humans
It’s official: planet Earth is now home to over seven billion humans. Ten thousand new humans are added every hour, or one billion every nine years. Head over to 7 Billion Actions (put together by the UN with the help of SAP) and check out the population map data. (12)