Month: May 2014

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To Save Mom, Daughter Goes On Hunger Strike Outside The White House

Cynthia Diaz is one of three immigration activists on a hunger strike outside the White House demanding the U.S. to release their family members from immigration detention

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Colorado School District Vows To Improve After Anti-Latino Discrimination Accusation

 

Authorities in a school district in Colorado said it vows to improve after it was accused of anti-Hispanic bias.

 

Between June 2008 and June 2012, “Hispanic students, teachers, and administrators experienced national origin harassment…”

 

Local authorities named Patricio “Pat” Sanchez to be the new superintendent.

 

Sanchez implemented numerous changes, including canceling the prohibition on the use of Spanish.
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Boko Haram

 

“Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad(2002- ), the People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad, is better known by its Hausa nickname, Boko Haram. “Haram” means forbidden, “Boko” means fake – or Western education. Boko Haram wants to overthrow the Nigerian government and set up Muslim rule.”

 
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Jonathan Fleming on his wrongful conviction: ‘I never gave up. I had faith’

Fleming spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The Guardian spent an afternoon with Fleming as he saw Times Square for the first time in a quarter century

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

How much money are we (U.S. citizens) going to compensate all of these wrongfully convicted people?

 

How much is 25 years of your life worth?

 

Why does the U.S. only give $93.00 to the formerly incarcerated once they are released from prison.

 

People need more than $93.00 to run their life. They need first and last month’s rent at a minimum. They need a job in order to keep their housing and feed themselves.

 

Not everyone has friends and family to help them. And some of our friends and family can not help or refuse to help.

 

@getgln

See on www.theguardian.com

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A Disturbing New Report Shows Exactly Why It’s Time to Fix America’s Terrible Prison System

Our country’s incarceration crisis is worse than we thought.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

The “Prison System’ is not the root of the problem.

 

The root of the problem is the indifference we as individuals have toward the poor. The poor are more likely to have issues that lead them to prison.

 

  • Poverty needs to be eliminated. 
  • Mental health care should be free and accessible. 
  • Drug rehab centers need to to be free and accessible.

See on www.policymic.com