Slashed Budget Leaves Indigent Defendants Lawyerless
 

Slashed Budget Leaves Indigent Defendants Lawyerless

Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Tom Gogola, Posted: Mar 12, 2013

Draconian cuts in the budget for lawyers who represent indigent defendants have come back to haunt the Orleans Parish criminal justice system.

 

In Silicon Valley, Tent Cities Point to Growing Inequality

 

New America Media/Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Fernando Perez and Mewael M. Tekleab, Posted: Mar 08, 2013

San Jose officials plan to raze a homeless encampment of more than 100 people -- just one of dozens that have sprung up throughout the county.

 

Pennies on the Dollar? Sequester Will Close Schools, Reduce Teachers and Shortchange Dreams

 

Indian Country Today, News Analysis, Mark Trahant, Posted: Mar 06, 2013

The sequester calls for reducing spending by 2.4 percent across the board, but the problem is that 2.4 percent is not evenly distributed, writes one commentator.

Sequestration and the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to End Equity

 

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2013

Since the 1970s—through ideas which can only be thought of as flawed and eccentric—an ideological band has championed an end to the education, health, transportation and housing programs that have made America more economically fair.

Sequester Only Hope to Reduce U.S. Debt

 

Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Joseph Leung, Posted: Feb 28, 2013

An editorial in the Sing Tao Daily argues the sequester cuts represent the "only hope" for achieving any kind of debt relief.

 

Some Breathing Room for Calif. Schools as Sequestration Nears

 

EdSource Today, News Report, John Fensterwald, Posted: Feb 27, 2013

Because of how districts budget their money, sequestration cuts in federal revenue set for March 1 won’t be felt until the start of their new fiscal year.

President Meets with Black Leaders to Discuss Sequester

 

The NorthStar News, News Report, Posted: Feb 26, 2013

The president met last week with black leaders to emphasize the harm he feels across-the-board sequester cuts would cause to communities.

 

In Immigration Reform Debate, Is Agribusiness Crying Wolf?

 

New America Media, Op-ed, Rick Mines and Ed Kissam, Posted: Feb 22, 2013

The agricultural industry argues that a guest worker program is needed to avoid a labor shortage. But history tells a different story.

 

Child Care Advocates Question Finger Scans for Poor Parents Receiving Subsidies

 

Equal Voice, News Report, Kathy Mulady, Posted: Feb 22, 2013

child care providers believe the cost and disruption of the gate-keeping system will reduce the number of centers willing to accept federal child care vouchers.

 

Mexican Drug Cartels Eye Spain As Their New Home

 

New America Media, News Analysis, Louis Nevaer, Posted: Feb 21, 2013

The economic crisis in Spain - with nearly 30% unemployment rate -- has unleashed a brutal turf war between rival Latin American drug cartels.

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