July 2011

No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded for Financial Institutions
July 27, 2011
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed by Congress in 2010, established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a new regulator with the authority to challenge discriminatory lending practices. Last Thursday, however, the House passed the Consumer... Keep reading »
The People's Budget Campaign on TV: Conversations with the Vermont Workers' Center and NESRI
July 27, 2011
The Vermont Workers' Center's new campaign, the People's Budget Campaign, is receiving increasing public attention. In two TV interviews, the Workers' Center and NESRI talk about the background of the campaign, last year's People's Budget Report that demonstrated how the state of Vermont fails... Keep reading »
Media Paints Picture of Violent Section 8 Crowd: What is Really Going On?
July 27, 2011
On July 21st, several news channels in Dallas covered what they referred to as a “riot” or, better yet, a “stampede” for rental assistance vouchers.  Estimates ranged from hundreds to thousands of people running desperately once the local housing office was open simply... Keep reading »
Rural Health Disparities and the Right to Health Care: Learning from Vermont
July 22, 2011
In response to yet another study on urban-rural health disparities, The Daily Iowan calls for recognizing health care as a human right and proposes a single payer system for Iowa, taking its cue from another rural state, Vermont. The editors argue that market-generated inequities can only be... Keep reading »
Fair Development Conference Links Local Struggles to Larger Movement for Social and Economic Rights
July 14, 2011
NESRI partner United Workers hosted the first Fair Development Conference October 28th-30th.  More than four hundred grassroots organizers, low-wage workers, academics, faith leaders, artists, activists, students and other allies from across the country and the globe came together to develop a... Keep reading »
Fairy Dust and Civil Unrest in the United States
July 14, 2011
This past Sunday, Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, wrapped up their first tour of North America with a “charitable tour” of Los Angeles’ Skid Row, home to one of the largest concentrations of homeless people in the United... Keep reading »
Teachers Unite and DSC-NY Present Workshop on Fairness Committees
July 12, 2011
On June 30th, educators and advocates gathered for a training workshop on Fairness Committees entitled, “Building Community in Place of Punishment and Pushout.” As the number of suspensions in NYC schools continues to increase, educators, communities and advocates are seeking... Keep reading »