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Methodist Church Pulls Investments from Private Prisons
CCA and GEO Group have lost a high-profile investor–the United Methodist Church–are these for-profit prison operators feeling the pain? The ...
Corrections Corporation of America’s Robocall to the Southwest Ranches/Pembroke Pines Community
Thanks to the residents of Southwest Ranches/Pembroke Pines for posting this on their noprisonswr.org site. The Florida privatization bill is ...
Student Loan Debt Forcing More Borrowers Into Bankruptcy
Do you have mounting student debt that may be forcing you to consider bankruptcy? We want to hear about it. ...
Latinos Double Reliance on Student Loans
Among all races and ethnicities, the percentage of undergraduates with private loans—used at all types of schools from community colleges ...
Student Loan Debt Interest Rates Could Double in July
Rep. Joe Courtney and Senator Jack Reed discuss the student debt debacle. On July 1, 2012, interest rates on subsidized ...
Do-It-Yourself Deportation
Antonio Alarcón, a high school student, writes from his point of view, why Romney’s “self deportation” is symptomatic of a ...
The Hollywood Lens on Latinos is Out of Focus
The Hollywood lens on Latinos is out of focus now–how can we change this as Latinos? Read below for an ...
Private Corrections Institute Condemns Legislative Giveaway to Private Prison Companies at Expense of Florida Taxpayers, Slams “Pay-to-Play” Politics
Today, the Private Corrections Institute, a Florida-based non-profit watchdog organization that opposes the privatization of correctional services, sharply condemned a ...
Eva Longoria Blasts Mitt Romney For Stance On Dream Act On Twitter
As Mitt continues to make inflammatory remarks toward the Latino community, one celebrity tweeted against his stance on the Dream ...
13,000 in Limbo in the Immigration Detention System
If more Americans knew that the cost of detaining immigrants who are awaiting their fates in the broken immigration detention ...
