April 2012 « Eyes Wide Open

The Immigration Crack-Down

For the past six years, lawyers Kris Kobach and Michael Hethman have been working with state and local governments to re-shape legalities around the deportation process for immigrants. Their strategy? Make life so miserable for illegal immigrants that they choose to deport themselves.

This approach is encountering considerable backlash from various advocacy groups. When [...]

Long Range Acoustic Devices Planned for Chicago

Long rang acoustic devices or LRADs, which emit noises and tones painful to the human ear, are planned for controlling protesters at the upcoming G-8/NATO summit in Chicago this May. The devices were used at the G-8/NATO summit in Pittsburgh in 2009 and resulted in one bystander suing the city of Pittsburgh for hearing [...]

The Return of Subprime Lending

Banks have started courting Americans with tarnished credit – some emerging from bankruptcy – into new deals for credit cards and auto loans. Subprime borrowers are more likely to make late payments and qualify for higher interest rates. However, their business is desirable for banks that need to make up money lost as a [...]

The Autism Epidemic

This year’s World Autism Awareness Day took place on April 2nd and marked the launch of Autism Speak’s third annual Light It Up Blue (LIUB) campaign, a global initiative to raise funds and increase awareness of autism as a growing public health crisis. Currently over 1 million children in the U.S. are directly affected [...]

Native Americans will lose water rights. Unless you help.

Organizers of a grassroots group of Navajo tribal citizens are calling for protesters to come to Tuba City, Arizona tomorrow, April 5th, to march and peacefully protest against Senate Bill 2109, the Navajo Hopi Little Colorado Water Settlement Act of 2012. The Navajo Hopi Little Colorado Water Settlement Act of 2012 includes language that [...]

The Generation [Income] Gap

Hey – Save Some for Us!

Infographic from the April 2012 Issue of Esquire Magazine

The net worth of Baby Boomers is nearly 47 times higher than Americans aged 35 and younger. As older Americans get wealthier, young Americans struggle to earn enough to survive; relying on their parents for financial help, and [...]

The Immigration Crack-Down

Long Range Acoustic Devices Planned for Chicago

The Return of Subprime Lending

The Autism Epidemic

Native Americans will lose water rights. Unless you help.

The Generation [Income] Gap

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