DETROIT — When Eva Nelson-McClendon first moved to Detroit’s Birwood Street in 1959, she didn’t know much about the wall across the street. At 6 feet tall and a foot thick, it wasn’t so imposing, running as it did between houses on her street and one over. Then she started to hear the talk. Neighbors […]
DETROIT — When Eva Nelson-McClendon first moved to Detroit’s Birwood Street in 1959, she didn’t know much about the wall across the street. At 6 feet tall and a foot thick, it wasn’t so imposing, running as it did between houses on her street and one over. Then she started to hear the talk. Neighbors […]
Justin was a 17-year-old from Cazenovia, N.Y., a small lakeshore village 30 miles southeast of Syracuse. Justin had no criminal history and no record of mental health issues. Yet, according to ABC World News, early in the afternoon one Thursday in 2011, Justin made an anonymous 911 call from Canastota Village, identifying himself as being […]
Justin was a 17-year-old from Cazenovia, N.Y., a small lakeshore village 30 miles southeast of Syracuse. Justin had no criminal history and no record of mental health issues. Yet, according to ABC World News, early in the afternoon one Thursday in 2011, Justin made an anonymous 911 call from Canastota Village, identifying himself as being […]
Every year millions of Americans are victims of wage theft throughout the United States. Kim Bobo is the executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice and the author of “Wage Theft in America.” She says two of the most common ways that wage theft occurs are paying employees minimum wage and overtime violations. The third most […]
Every year millions of Americans are victims of wage theft throughout the United States. Kim Bobo is the executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice and the author of “Wage Theft in America.” She says two of the most common ways that wage theft occurs are paying employees minimum wage and overtime violations. The third most […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. The assessed value of the property: less than $14,000. […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. The assessed value of the property: less than $14,000. […]
The ground is shifting underneath the feet of mainstream Republicans. Many Republicans now see support of same-sex marriage as a way to gain relevance with a changing voting populace. After the 2012 presidential election, in which the Republicans were handily defeated by Democratic support from Latinos, African Americans and gay populations, many members of the […]
The ground is shifting underneath the feet of mainstream Republicans. Many Republicans now see support of same-sex marriage as a way to gain relevance with a changing voting populace. After the 2012 presidential election, in which the Republicans were handily defeated by Democratic support from Latinos, African Americans and gay populations, many members of the […]
“I was extremely bothered by what I was seeing out there,” said New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Adhyl Polanco on the stand during testimony last month. “The racial profiling, the arresting people for no reason, being called to scenes that I did not observe a violation and being forced to write a summons that […]
“I was extremely bothered by what I was seeing out there,” said New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Adhyl Polanco on the stand during testimony last month. “The racial profiling, the arresting people for no reason, being called to scenes that I did not observe a violation and being forced to write a summons that […]
“We strongly disagree with the decision on a number of grounds, ranging from increased discrimination against certain classes of … in-state requesters to the additional burden it puts on every requester … in order to continue ensuring broad access to public records,” writes MuckRock News, an open government organization lambasting a recent U.S. Supreme Court […]
“We strongly disagree with the decision on a number of grounds, ranging from increased discrimination against certain classes of … in-state requesters to the additional burden it puts on every requester … in order to continue ensuring broad access to public records,” writes MuckRock News, an open government organization lambasting a recent U.S. Supreme Court […]
