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Lost, Abused and Neglected for a Profit
Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez is a 50-year-old legal resident with a mental disability. In 2004, Gomez was detained because of a dispute at a grocery store over a bag of tomatoes. …
From Attica to Pelican Bay
Forty years ago, on September 9th, 1971, prisoners protesting medieval conditions rebelled at Attica, a maximum-security prison in upstate New York. Four days later the state launched a violent …
Middle-Class Death Watch: As Poverty Spreads, 28 Percent of Americans Fall Out of Middle Class
Middle-Class Americans Often Fall Down Economic Ladder: Study – nearly a third of Americans who were part of the middle class have fallen out of it
Throw the Bums Out
Grover Norquist, president of a taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform, speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) With recent polls announcing the …
Mandatory E-Verify Would Overwhelm Social Security Administration, Increase Disability Backlog
(Photo: longislandwins / Flickr) The train of threats to Social Security this year keeps on rolling, this time from the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The …
Shock-Doctrine Schooling in Haiti: Neoliberalism Off the Richter Scale
Two days before the earthquake, my one-year-old son and I accompanied my wife to Haiti for an HIV training course she was to conduct. Two days after surviving the …
Report: What Happens if the Tea Party Wins
Before President Obama entered the White House, there was a widespread consensus — even among leading conservatives — that the Constitution leaves most decisions to We the People and the leaders …
Honduras: Wealthy Landowners Attempt to Quash Farming Collectives
The Bajo Aguán region of Honduras. (Photo: hondurasblog2010 / Flickr) The Bajo Aguán region of Honduras is a rich, fertile valley that comprises land that is worth …
Conservative War on Workers Continues with Gutting of Labor Board
House conservatives today threw another grenade today in their war on workers and the institutions designed to protect worker rights. They also continued to show their willingness to politically …
How the Right Made Racism Sound Fair – and Changed Immigration Politics
In June of 2009, Sen. Charles Schumer took the stage in front of a capacity crowd at the Georgetown Law Center. The event was billed as “Immigration: A New …