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Lack of Legal Help: One More Way the Deck Is Stacked Against Homeowners

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Brennan Center, Foreclosure Crisis, Crime, Brennan Center Foreclosure Study, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Brennan Center Foreclosures, Business News
Arianna Huffington

As bad as America's foreclosure crisis is -- and it's very bad, with over 300,000 homes receiving a foreclosure filing every month -- it's being made even more devastating by the lack of legal assistance available to beleaguered homeowners. READ MORE More HuffPost Game Changers: Politics and Style Announcing My First Pick for the HuffPost Book Club: In Praise of Slowness Attention Fellow Book Lovers: HuffPost's New Books Section Is Here WATCH: Arianna Discusses Race Relations, Letterman Scandal On Joy Behar Show

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Sue 'Em Back to the Stone Age: The RNC Files Suit to Reverse the Small Donor Revolution

Monica Youn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Campaign Finance Reform, Rnc, Small Donor Revolution, McCain Feingold, Citizens United, Obama Small Donors, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Monica Youn

Last week, a panel of the D.C. federal court heard arguments in a case where the RNC is seeking to turn back the clock to a time before Obama's "small-donor revolution."

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Activist?

Monica Youn | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Orrin Hatch, Judicial Activism, Second-Circuit-Court-of-Appeals, Sonia Sotomayor, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Monica Youn

In all the hullabaloo about so-called "judicial activism," wouldn't it be refreshing to hear some questions about "judicial passivism" as well?

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Sexism & the Supreme Court Nominee

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Supreme Court, David Souter, Diversity, Sexism, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Politics News
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Even before the nominee was announced, there were already hints of bias against female candidates. Gender stereotypes appear to animate these critiques.

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Just Say No to Federal Funding For Drug War

Bill Piper | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Aclu, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Drug Policy Alliance, National African-American Drug Policy Coalition, National Council of La Raza, Drugs, National Black Police Association, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program, Rick Perry, Politics News
Bill Piper

Congress has yet again renewed the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program, a federal law enforcement grant program that is feeding the war on drugs and fueling racial disparities, police corruption, and civil rights abuses.

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