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June 11, 2013
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Food
The 2013 Farm Bill, which sets the course for U.S. agricultural and food policy, including the future of the country's food assistance programs, was voted on in the Senate yesterday and will be voted on in the House later this month. The version of the bill passed by the Senate includes alarming cuts to SNAP, which stands for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, and is commonly known as... Keep reading »
June 2, 2013
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Housing
The New York Times Magazine cover story today is an article by Ben Austen focused on the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign (CAEC), a group that, in the words of its co-founder Willie Fleming (a.k.a. J. R.), moves "home-less people into people-less homes." The article chronicles how the CAEC liberated twenty foreclosed homes for use by people who really need them, and its hopes to... Keep reading »
May 30, 2013
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Education
Today the New York Times wrote a welcome editorial affirming the findings of the NYC School-Justice Partnership Task Force which calls for a mayoral-led initiative to reduce suspensions and school-based arrests and summonses. I have had the privilege of sitting on this Task Force ably guided by Judge Judith Kaye and supported by Advocates for Children. As the Task Force noted at an event to release... Keep reading »
May 23, 2013
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Housing
Starting Monday May 20, 2013, over 100 protesters gathered outside of the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington D.C. This protest, organized by Occupy Our Homes along with a collection of community organizations, like the Home Defenders League as well as evicted homeowners, was centered on demands that the Obama Administration, especially Attorney General Eric Holder, Keep reading »
May 10, 2013
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Health
A coalition in Maine - the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine AFL-CIO and the Maine State Nurses Association - held press conferences in Portland and Bangor to kick off their new Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign. Keep reading »
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