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Preventing Predatory Lending by For-Profit Colleges

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 08.13.2011 | Business
Read More: House Appropriations Committee, Leadership Conference Education Fund, Wade Henderson, For-Profit Colleges, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Education, House Budget Committee, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Rep Mike Honda, Subprime Mortgages, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Equity, Gainful Employment, Business News
Rep. Mike Honda

Today, many for-profit colleges have picked up where the subprime lenders left off. They are using the same promise of the American dream as bait to trap vulnerable students into underperforming schools and saddling them with a lifetime of debt.

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Georgia: On Immigration, Speeding Down a Dead-End Street

Janet Murguía | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Georgia Farm Bureau, Georgia Catholic Conference, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Wade Henderson, Latinos, Sb 1070, Hispanic Americans, Arizona, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News
Janet Murguía

The anti-immigration bills in Georgia suffer from many of the same problems as those in Arizona. They would open up the state to lawsuits if a private citizen feels that they failed to use employment verification.

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In Their Own Words: Hate Crime Act Supporters Speak (Video)

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Homophobia, Wade Henderson, Hate Crimes, Human Rights Campaign, Dennis Shepard, Judy Shepard, Brian Levin, Anti-Defamation League, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the long awaited hate crime bill. Here are short interviews with a variety of people who have fought for this legislation for years.

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