Results List
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Drop the I-Word. No Human Being is Illegal
Source: Colorlines
Drop the I-Word is a public education campaign by grantee Applied Research Center and powered by immigrants and diverse communities across the country that value human dignity and are working to eradicate the dehumanising slur "illegals" from everyday use and public discourse. The i-word opens…
Resource type: News
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A Decade of Fighting Terror with Terror: CCR Reflects on 10 Years After 9/11
In the 10 years since the tragic attacks of 9/11, much has changed in our country. This anniversary is an opportunity to evaluate those changes, to rededicate ourselves to human rights and civil liberties in our democracy, and to correct the reactionary course set by…
Resource type: Video
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Finally, some good news on the uninsured
Source: The Houston Chronicle
By Anne Dunkelberg and Eileen Garcia and Laura Guerra-CardusNew data from the U.S. Census Bureau on health insurance coverage confirm what parents all over Texas will tell you: Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are lifelines for our state's children.While unemployment has doubled since 2007, the number of…
Resource type: News
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DHS sued over jail immigration holds
Source: Fox News Latino
Chicago – An immigrants' rights organization has filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for issuing detaining orders against individuals in custody while their immigration status is being investigated.The Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center used the examples of two Latinos - one…
Resource type: News
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Study exposes some some myths about school discipline
Source: The Washington Post
By Donna St. GeorgeHere’s one myth of school debunked: Harsh discipline is not always a reflection of the students in a particular school. It can be driven by those in charge.In a study of nearly a million Texas children described as an unprecedented look at…
Resource type: News
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Annals of Law: The Mitigator
Source: The New Yorker
The May 9th edition of The New Yorker notes a grant given by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE) in its subscription only piece on Danalynn Recer, a lawyer and GRACE's executive director. As Houston's most prominent mitigation strategist, Recer represents defendants…
Resource type: News
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In Equality We Trust?
Source: Economix
By Nancy Folbre.Trust in other people greases the wheels of economic development. The management maven Steven Covey argues that high-trust companies are more successful than others. Higher incomes, in turn, seem to carry trust to higher levels. But as a recent Economix post by Catherine…
Resource type: News
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2011 Budget Cuts: A Matter of Life and Death
Source: The Nation
Proposed budget cuts have spurred widespread national resistance in the form of protests, and in some cases, hunger strikes. Yesterday, several leaders of progressive organizations, including executives of MoveOn.org, SEIU, the Center for Community Change and ColorOfChange.org, announced that they too will be joining the…
Resource type: News
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Leveraging Information, Insights and Influence To Help Families
The United States budget plan for 2006 calls for cuts totalling nearly $250 billion in domestic programmes – many of which will adversely affect disadvantaged families with children. Since 1981, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has provided independent, well-researched analyses to inform the…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Making the Most Out of Less
Source: Pension Rights Center
The Pension Rights Center Executive Vice President and Policy Director Karen Friedman was quoted in a recent New York Times article, “Making the Most Out of Less.” The article, which focuses on the impact the recession has had on the retirement security of older Americans, also…
Resource type: News