Chief Judge Lippman of the state of New York continues to advocate for greater funding for legal services for the poor. Given the economic climate, there has been a surge in the number of low-income folks who need legal representation. (3)
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Today’s blip in Time: Urgent: Stop the execution of Troy Davis Guerrero Protesters demand education, not war Why President Obama’s approach is proven to create jobs Facebook put off IPO until 2012 Robotic labor in the workplace No pun intended: FCC to test opening “white spaces” Criminal Injustice: Incarceration Nation…
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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. INCARCERATION NATION By Nancy A. Heitzeg aka soothsayer99 Again,…
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Sex, Power & Speaking Truth 20 yrs later From anitahill20.org: Sex, Power and Speaking Truth: Anita Hill 20 Years Later will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Hunter College in New York City. The conference will bring together three generations to witness, respond and analyze present day realities…
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From Kickstarter.com: Rising Souls, Singing Scorpions is a documentary film by award-winning filmmakers Paul Espinosa and Mark Day about Ramón “Chunky” Sanchez, a southern California musician and community organizer based in San Diego. It’s a moving story of individual perseverance and an engaging tale of how art and culture can…
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From People of Color Organize: Over the years long standing organizing efforts by class conscious prisoners in the Virgina state system’s two maximum security facilities (Red Onion and Wallens Ridge) have been met with systematic repression including beatings, assaults with electrical and chemical weapons, isolation in special segregation units, interdiction…
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Criminal Injustice Criminal Injustice will be posted tonight at 6 CST. Criminal Injustice is a weekly series devoted to exploring the myths of “crime”, “criminals”, and criminal justice and the intersection of race/ethnicity/class/gender/sexuality/age/disability in policing and punishment. Follow CMP on Facebook CMP just created a facebook page. Please show some…
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California Passes First-Ever State Bill on Congo Conflict Minerals From enoughproject.org: It began with individuals, spread to campuses, was taken up by cities, and last Friday California became the very first U.S. state to take action on conflict minerals from Congo. By a vote of 67 to 11, the California…
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