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Archives for December 2013

US Sends 3 Uighur Guantanamo Prisoners To Slovakia

Although posing a difficult resettlement challenge, the Pentagon said the release brings the Guantanamo prison population to 155.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Slovakia has accepted three prisoners from Guantanamo Bay who had posed a difficult resettlement challenge, helping the U.S. government move closer to its goal of closing the prison on its base in Cuba, officials said Tuesday. The three men who left for the Central European country in recent days were Uighurs, members of an ethnic

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College Recruiters Guilty Of Avoiding Low-Income, Minority Schools: Report

Without visits from recruiters, low-income students never discover college campuses that exist beyond their hometowns.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

During a time when more and more low-income high school students are working to obtain a college degree, college recruiters are less likely to visit low-income schools with large minority student-body populations than other high schools, according to a new report in the Los Angeles Times. For example, The Webb Schools, a private high school in

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California’s De-Incarceration Experiment Fuels Public Safety Fears

Federal judges said California’s prison conditions violated inmates’ constitutional rights and forced the state into a historic prisoner-release experiment.

Matthew Heller
By Matthew Heller

LOS ANGELES --It was at one of the most popular tourist destinations in Los Angeles that public safety came face-to-face with what one legal scholar has called “probably the greatest de-incarceration experiment in American history.” During a visit to the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 19, Christine Calderon, 23, spotted three transients

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Marx and the Affordable Housing Crisis

A quarter of a million Americans work but go homeless — and many more workers are just a few bills away from homelessness.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
In a Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 photo, Cindy Edlund, left, and James Franklin Jr., both of whom are homeless, spend the day on a bench outside the Sarasota City Hall Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Imagine after a long, hard day at work – perhaps at an Amazon warehouse out in California’s Inland Empire, a McDonald’s in New York City, or a Walmart outside Memphis – you head home for a little rest and relaxation. After all, that’s what people do – go home at the end of the day to enjoy their off hours with family, friends, and all the comfort,

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Reported Sexual Assault Cases in Military Up More than 50 Percent

Officials say the increase in reports of sexual assault suggests confidence in the system is growing and that victims are more willing to come forward.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus

The number of reported sexual assault cases in the U.S. military went up by about 50 percent in 2013, compared with statistics from 2012, according to data acquired by the Associated Press and published in a report on Friday. It has been no secret that the U.S. armed forces have been struggling to reign in a sexual assault problem that seems to

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NYPD’s Kelly Leaves Behind Controversial Legacy

Kelly’s last 12 years have been controversial as he expanded use of the stop-and-frisk policy and created a local counter-terrorism unit.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

On Jan. 1, arguably one of the most controversial and longest serving police commissioners the New York Police Department has ever had, Raymond Kelly, will officially be stepping down. “It was a great career choice for me,” Kelly said. “I’ve never regretted it.” With more than 34,000 officers patrolling the streets and 51,000 total employees,

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