From the Grio: It’s like karmic cash. You get as good as you give. And Marie Lumen Clersaint is Brooklyn’s reigning queen of sou-sous — an informal savings club popular among Caribbean and African immigrants. When anyone in her tight knit circle of savers needs a large sum of money,…
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Today marks the anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. From SPLC: May 31 marks the 90th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Riot. You can be excused if you’ve never heard of it. Despite being the bloodiest attack on African-American citizens in U.S. history, the riot was almost completely ignored by most…
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The Illinois DREAM Act (SB2185), legislation that would offer undocumented youth better access to higher education, passed in the Illinois House of Representatives on a bipartisan 60-54 vote. SB 2185 was sponsored in the House by Rep. Edward Acevedo. The Illinois DREAM Act will establish a privately-funded Illinois DREAM Fund,…
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Mexican-born Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta was killed on November 15, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq, where he heroically smothered a grenade explosion with his body saving the lives of six fellow Marines. Peralta came to the U.S. as a teen without legal documentation. Sgt. Peralta was not given the Medal of…
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Napa County takes care of its migrant workers with housing and support: “The effort was born of compassion and practicality. Without migrant labor, most of it from Mexico, the wine producers in Napa would be hard pressed to fill a carafe, much less the valley’s 9 million annual cases.” (7)
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New York State Senator Elizabeth Little is challenging a new NYS law allocating incarcerated persons to their home districts for redistricting and reapportionment. Here is a copy [pdf] of her complaint. The Center for Law and Social Justice, Dēmos, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the New…
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A bill (A629A-2011) is pending in the NYS Legislature that provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action, thereby making standing as a defense unwaivable. The passage of this bill is essential as hundreds…
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On May 26, 2011, Guyana celebrated 45 years of independence from the British. Guyana, despite its virgin forests and land, is rife with government corruption, lack of accountability, deterioration of infrastructure, regressive politics, and mass emigration of skilled and educated workers. A contributor for Stabroek News, Guyana’s main paper, writes:…
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