From NYLJ: After the number of foreclosure cases filed in state court plummeted during the past two years, the courts are now seeing a “markedly higher” rate of filings and coping with a rise in settlement conferences, according to an Office of Court Administration report. Despite the sharp jump in…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjhOvutbXwk Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (24)
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Arctic 30 protester: ‘My little girl will have forgotten who I am if I get out of here in seven years’ The Arctic 30 Take Action! (20)
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Change the Mascot: Pressure Grows for NFL Team to Drop Name and Logo as Thousands Protest Dayton, protesters at Metrodome blast Washington nickname Larry Long and Clyde Bellecourt, “Redskins” (13)
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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. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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Bill de Blasio shared a laugh with the Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz, right, at a campaign stop on Tuesday. | Damon Winter/The New York Times From NYT: Bill de Blasio, who transformed himself from a little-known occupant of an obscure office into the fiery voice of New York’s disillusionment…
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Bill de Blasio, the Democratic nominee, on the R train in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Monday. He says a big margin of victory could help him as he tries to get his policy initiatives put into effect. | Damon Winter/The New York Times From NYT: Concerned that his overwhelming lead…
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“Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people’s lives.” ~ Senator Paul Wellstone ((July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) In era where government is so vilified, we at Critical Mass…
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