The Revolution Will Be Mapped

[…] race. The last map puts all the data together, and the picture suddenly comes into sharp focus: Almost all the white households in Coal Run have water service, while all but a few black homes do not. The institute's maps played a vital role in a federal jury's decision last year to award the […]

Imperfect Justice

[…] Michael Speedling said that after Lankford took over the contract from Kimber Guard & Patrol in 2005, the city required the new company to implement a report- writing training after deficiencies were uncovered. “We have a very professional force, and we’re making constant improvements,” Speedling said. He added that the contract requires all security […]

A blow against exclusion

[…] Ohio, awarded $10.9 million to residents of a mostly black neighborhood after finding that the local government discriminated against the community by denying access to public water service, even though it provided water to nearby predominantly white neighborhoods. Low-income and minority neighborhoods across the country face similar discriminatory patterns of municipal exclusion. The verdict […]

Residents set to fight Navy's OLF with all they've got

[…] the field, or was wasting money, or had ulterior motives. "It was 'No, I understand now, and I do believe you, but still, everything said and done, I'd prefer not to have it in my backyard,' " Anderson said. "And that's about the best I think we can hope for." Kate Wiltrout, (757) 446-2629, kate.wiltrout@pilotonline.com

April 29th, 2010: Rights groups challenge Zebulon Police Department’s practice of targeting Latino churchgoers

[…] routinely set up illegal checkpoints outside their parish – and even interrupt services themselves. This morning, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU -NCLF), the North Carolina Justice Center, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice launched an investigation into the practice of targeting Latino churchgoers by the Zebulon Police […]

Hazleton, PA AntiImmigrant Law Is Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules

[…] South Carolina have voluntarily tabled or blocked these laws under legal pressure and local opposition. “This is a major defeat for the misguided, divisive and expensive anti -immigrant strategy that Hazleton has tried to export to the rest of the country,” said Omar Jadwat, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ […]

Dumping on New Hill

[…] across the street. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that Site 14—237 acres of farmland adjacent to the New Hill Historic District—is the best place to put the behemoth plant. Six years ago, Western Wake Partners, an alliance of Cary, Apex, Morrisville and Holly Springs, which are predominantly white, decided […]

Affadavit for the arrest of Bedri Kulla, 7182009

[…] following information (obtained by me unless otherwise noted): I am a Special Agent employed with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Legacy U.S. Customs Service) since June, 1987 and currently assigned to the Office of Professional Responsibility. I have received extensive training in the interpretation and application of federal statutes, federal […]

Oral arguments in school board case set for March

[…] dozen other state and national groups. And in a rare move, retired state Appeals and Supreme Court Judge Robert F. Orr has entered the legal fray - writing a brief stating that the Appeals Court erred when it sided with the school board. The case has drawn the attention of two state education organizations. […]

Lawsuit involving Latin King and Security Guard Settled

[…] Meadows, and alleging that the security company breached its duty by failing to sufficiently investigate and discipline its employee’s conduct. Chris Brook, a lawyer with the Durham -based Southern Coalition for Social Justice who represented Kilfoil, said defendants have agreed to pay his client $13,500. Brooks said he understands that the majority of the […]

making sure no one goes uncounted in the 2010 Census

[…] counts in the 2010 Census is an enormous undertaking, particularly for homeless individuals who will not receive a questionnaire in the mail. Increased funding for critical services comes into communities as a result of an accurate count - things like emergency services, job training, hospitals, and public infrastructure support.  One Virginia organization is […]

Public input sought on New Hill project

[…] towns of Cary, Apex, Morrisville and Holly Springs, and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park, have formed an alliance, Western Wake Partners, to determine the best site for a sewage treatment plant. In 2006, they issued an environmental impact statement determining the unincorporated town of New Hill was the best place to […]