Tea Party Hijacking Immigration Fight and Setting Up Showdown

Ideas and Issues Immigration Reform

Little Rock       There’s something about the dog days of summer that seem to bring the crazy out.  Unfortunately we’re seeing this once again in the Congressional cloakroom resurgence of the Tea Party representatives, even as the Tea Party’s electoral and public support plummets, and once again the bone their gnawing is the crippled immigration system. You know …

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New York’s “Poor Door” Could Lead to Mumbai’s Slum Sister Developments

ACORN International Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

Dallas   So-called voluntary inclusionary zoning in New York City allowing private developers to add more density and receive tax breaks in exchange for constructing a certain number of affordable housing units has led to controversy, as the city tries to make the program mandatory for new developments and as developers exploit loopholes that allow segregation …

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Elite Colleges Perpetuating Educational Segregation and Income Inequality

ACORN Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Education Financial Justice Ideas and Issues

Houston           All of the evidence on income stratification in higher education indicates that elite colleges and universities continue to play a major role in accelerating inequality as cherished ghettos of the rich and guardians of society’s inside track.  It should come as no surprise that they are undoubtedly the least able to heal themselves and …

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