'Mortgage Settlement' Funds Paying for Prisons, Not Foreclosure Relief | Common Dreams

'Mortgage Settlement' Funds Paying for Prisons, Not Foreclosure Relief | Common Dreams

Preying on the Poor | The Nation

Preying on the Poor | The Nation "The poster case for government persecution of the down-and-out would have to be Edwina Nowlin, a homeless Michigan woman who was jailed in 2009 for failing to pay $104 a month to cover the room-and-board charges for her 16-year-old son’s incarceration. When she received a back paycheck, she thought it would allow her to pay for her son’s jail stay. Instead, it was confiscated and applied to the cost of her own incarceration."

RNC Goes All In to Defend Wisconsin's Walker, but Where's the DNC? | The Nation

RNC Goes All In to Defend Wisconsin's Walker, but Where's the DNC? | The Nation

Support Tom Barrett | The Nation

Support Tom Barrett | The Nation