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30 Issues: Education
10/01/10Source:The Brian Lehrer ShowJennifer Cohen, policy analyst with the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, and Damon Hewitt, director of the Education Practice Group at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) talk about partisanship and the Obama administration's education policy.
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LDF on WBAI's "Wake Up Call"
9/30/10Source:WBAI 99.5 FM New YorkListen to LDF's Jin Hee Lee on WBAI's "Wake Up Call" discussing September 28th's City Council Hearing on unlawful tresspass enforcement policies in New York City Housing Authority developments.
Listen here. (Segment begins at 26:45).
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NYT: At Council Hearing on Stop-and-Frisk Policy, the Police Stay Silent
9/28/10Source:The New York TimesA hearing on the ’s use of its controversial “stop, question and frisk” policy in public housing became a one-sided affair on Tuesday, after police and housing officials declined to testify.
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Huffington Post: Supreme Court Waits in the Wings as Appeals Court Considers the Constitution, Voting Rights, Race and Criminal Justice
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Unused Road Home money is frozen by federal appeals court
9/22/10Source:The Times PicayuneA U.S. appeals court panel in Washington, D.C., has granted fair housing advocates an injunction barring the state of Louisiana from redistributing unused Road Home funds toward other programs.
The decision puts a crimp in plans by several state legislators to redirect about $148 million left in the largest housing recovery aid program in U.S. history as it winds down after four years and more than $8 billion in grants.