According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, more than 10 million women and men are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the United States. On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. This October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Crystal […]
FBI joint investigation nabs store owner engaged in fraud and abuse of the Food Stamp program
In November 2012, Ayub Yusef Eprahin, the owner of the Africa and Middle East Market in Anchorage, Alaska, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud and criminal forfeiture in connection with the SNAP federal food aid program that he was authorized to administer out of his store. SNAP offers nutrition assistance to millions of […]
Genuine Answers to Domestic Violence- an interview with Marilyn Redmond
Marilyn Redmond lived through and transformed a life rooted in domestic violence. During this series of four interviews, hear how Marilyn lived through both her childhood of violence and her subsequent marriage of domestic violence. The first session tells her story from the beginning and the second dialogue explains the dynamics of the disease. In […]
Boston Supports a Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
Only 8% of the 67,000 domestic workers in the state of Massachusetts have written contracts with their employers. The vast majority work informally under verbal agreements. As a result, domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. About one fifth of housekeepers, and one third of nannies and caregivers make less than the minimum […]
Rep. Holding talks about Iran’s human rights abuses on House floor
On February 10, 2014 Rep. George Holding of North Carolina asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for a few minutes regarding Iran. “Mr. Speaker, over the last several weeks, I have come to the House floor on numerous occasions to talk about the interim nuclear agreement that […]
Seriously mentally ill prisoners often abused in jail and put in solitary confinement and restraints
I just interviewed a man with serious mental illness (SMI) , assigned to the Capitol Clinic, People of Color Network who described the hell he went through while during time in and out of Arizona prisons and the Maricopa County Jail system. Arizona is recognized as having the cruelest prison system in America. And Sheriff […]
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