By Erik Eckholm, New York Times Milwaukee, WI (U.S) - Compared with foreclosures, which are carefully tracked, national data on evictions, especially those not involving a court decision, remain scarce, but the annual total is almost certainly in the millions, said Chester Hartman, an urban planner with the Poverty and Race Research Action Council in Washington. … [Read more...] about A Sight All Too Familiar in Poor Neighborhoods (New York Times)
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The Erosion of Rights: Declining Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Bush Administration (Center for American Progress)
By William L. Taylor, Dianne M. Piché, Crystal Rosario, and Joseph D. Rich (Center for American Progress) Report of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights with the assistance of the Center for American Progress - Philip Tegeler, Executive Director of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, explains why equal opportunity housing programs at the Department of Housing … [Read more...] about The Erosion of Rights: Declining Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Bush Administration (Center for American Progress)
Panel: Despite Sheff v. O’Neill, School Segregation Has Not Eased (UConn Advance)
By Richard Veilleux, UConn Advance The UConn Advance - Ellen Ash Peters, the retired chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court and author of the 1996 Sheff v. O'Neill ruling that racial isolation in Hartford's schools was unconstitutional, let more than 100 people attending a symposium on the ruling in on a little secret: The court purposely left it up to the state … [Read more...] about Panel: Despite Sheff v. O’Neill, School Segregation Has Not Eased (UConn Advance)