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Consumer Financial Protection Complaint Database Extends Vital Role for Citizens
Using citizen stories, the CFPB identified abuses and won $10.3 billion for 17 million consumers.
Prison Services Company Securus Makes Record Profits in the Face of FCC Regulation
How is a prison phone company under the close eye of federal regulators still making millions from mass incarceration?
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Schooled in Britain, Deported to Danger: UK Sends 600 Former Child Asylum Seekers Back to Afghanistan
Hundreds of others are still in Britain awaiting a similar fate.
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Slave in the Fields: A Reporter Goes Undercover in the San Quintin Valley
There is no public policy to protect the human rights of migrant farmworkers.
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Housing Vouchers Most Effective Tool to End Family Homelessness: Major Study
This is the first rigorous, large-scale evaluation of alternative strategies to reduce homelessness among families with children.
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The Education Budget War in Pennsylvania and a Marxist Challenge for Curriculum
Conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers are prioritizing profits rather than funding education programs.
Do Locavores Have a Dilemma?
Economists debate the local food movement.
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Is the Internet a Luxury?
Yes, the Internet is at least part luxury.
Rev. Sekou on Today’s Civil Rights Leaders: “I Take My Orders From Queer Women“
A leading activist pastor speaks about the emerging face of Civil Rights leadership.
Holder’s Legacy: Mass Incarceration and Protection of Killer Cops, Part II
“All of Holder's hard work and sacrifice on behalf of ‘Corporate America’ now culminates in a big payback.”