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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Wins Injunction in Post-Katrina Housing Discrimination Case
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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.
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Case more about racism than felon voting rights
9/21/10Source:KIRO RadioOn its face, Farakkhan v. Gregoire is about whether felons have the right to vote. But it's really about institutionalized racism: namely whether Washington's criminal justice system treats minorities unfairly.
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Your Take: Getting Back the Right to Vote
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Ban On Felon Voting Goes Before 9th Circuit Tuesday
9/20/10Source:KPLU 88.5Washington prohibits prison inmates and former inmates on probation from voting. Secretary of State Sam Reed says the ban goes back to when Washington was a territory and notes 47 other states have some form of felon voter disenfranchisement.