You mean the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Yes. That one. The one signed exactly 52 years ago today by the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. 459 more words
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L.A. is seizing tiny homes from the homeless
City of Los Angeles destroyed small dwellings created by private entrepreneur to help get homeless off the street.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tiny-houses-seized-20160224-story.html
Creating the Future
James Lorenz died earlier this year. In the late 1960s Lorenz showed himself to be one of the most important social entrepreneurs of the second half of the Twentieth Century. 798 more words
We still must get the every student succeeds act right
In late March, President Trump signed a resolution to invalidate a regulation designed to help implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This move will create tremendous confusion among states that are currently in the middle of putting the new law in place in time for the 2017-2018 school year. 749 more words
Original sin?
No one ever accused American conservatives of being particularly original. They started with a story about the failure of government programs and they stick with it, against all evidence. 569 more words
Shameless Self-Promotion
Back in 1969 I worked in a legal services office in the Imperial Valley on the California-Mexican Border. Most of our clients were Mexican-Americans who had the usual poor people legal problems–rent arrears, welfare, and consumer debt. 836 more words
