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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Responds to New Census Data Which Reveals Changes in Nation’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity
3/24/11NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Responds to New Census Data Which Reveals Changes in Nation’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity
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Why the Wal-Mart Case Is So Important to Women, Minorities
3/23/11Source:New America MediaEDITOR’S NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 29 in the biggest sex-discrimination case in history: Dukes v. Wal-Mart. Many pro-worker advocates are worried that the court—which has made a number of extremely conservative rulings in recent years—will decimate the ability of ordinary people to join together in class actions to sue large, well-financed companies that engage in wrongdoing and discriminate against women and minorities
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Conn. lawmakers consider change in how prisoners are counted
3/22/11Source:The New Haven RegisterHARTFORD — The legislature’s Judiciary Committee Monday considered bills that would change where prisoners are counted for population tallies – a move viewed by some as a threat to municipal aid from the state and by others as step toward political equity and fairness.
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Is the Census counting prisoners in the right place?
3/21/11Source:The Connecticut MirrorWith legislative leaders about to begin redrawing legislative and congressional districts to reflect the 2010 Census, the General Assembly is considering a related issue: Where should prison inmates be counted?
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund says Connecticut is one of 47 states that practices "prison-based gerrymandering" by counting inmates where they are confined, not where are they from.
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Is It “Prison-based Gerrymandering?” Stallworth Urges New Prison Count
3/21/11Source:Only in BridgeportDoes Bridgeport lose legislative juice when its inmate-based population is counted in other communities?