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Demos report exposes Marriott’s shameful practices that fuel racial, economic inequality
Release Date: October 17, 2018 → READ MORE...
Wed, Oct 17, 2018, Continue reading at the source
SPLC sues for records detailing Trump administration plan to arm teachers with guns using federal funds
The Trump administration is withholding records detailing how it has unlawfully permitted the use of federal funds to arm teachers with guns in classrooms across America, according to a lawsuit the SPLC filed today. → READ MORE...
Wed, Oct 17, 2018, Continue reading at the source
How Marriott’s Corporate Practices Fuel Growing Racial Inequality in America
from Gwyn Ellsworth
October 17, 2018 → READ MORE...
Wed, Oct 17, 2018, Continue reading at the source
Hatewatch Headlines 10/17/2018
from Hatewatch Staff
McInnes' path from hipster to far-right guru; Gun cache was on rooftop in Portland; Hannity hosted a Proud Boy, now claims he never heard of them; and more. → READ MORE...
Wed, Oct 17, 2018, Continue reading at the source
These six New York officials are calling for action against the Proud Boys after NYC attacks
from Nick R. Martin
A diverse and powerful cast of elected officials from New York called for law enforcement to act after a video surfaced showing members of the Proud Boys, joined by ultranationalist skinheads, viciously attacking people this weekend in New York City. → READ MORE...
Tue, Oct 16, 2018, Continue reading at the source
Emergency Motion for Injunction filed in U.S. Appeals Court in APRI v. Husted
from Gwyn Ellsworth
October 15, 2018 → READ MORE...
Tue, Oct 16, 2018, Continue reading at the source
The Forgotten Faces of Student Loan Default
from Colleen Campbell
The U.S. Department of Education recently released new data on student loan default rates and is touting a success story: The national default rate is 10.8 percent, down from 11.3 percent last year. But this decline doesn't mean that students are no longer struggling to repay their loans or suffering → READ MORE...
Tue, Oct 16, 2018, Continue reading at the source
Did a 2015 Flores Court Ruling Increase the Number of Families Arriving at the Southwest Border?
from Tom K. Wong
In a recent notice of proposed rulemaking, the Trump administration claimed that the Flores settlement agreement led to an increase in the number of families arriving at the United States' southwest border. The Flores agreement sets conditions under which the federal government can detain children—including, as interpreted by the courts, → READ MORE...
Tue, Oct 16, 2018, Continue reading at the source
Education Is on the Ballot this November
from Jessica Yin
With one month left before the midterm elections, voters have a lot of big decisions to make as they prepare to choose between candidates running for local, state, and national office. However, November ballots will include more than just choices between elected officials; in at least 35 states, voters will → READ MORE...
Fri, Oct 12, 2018, Continue reading at the source

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