Archive for September, 2012
Every 26 Seconds, a Student Drops Out of High School
Loop21, Video, Andrew Lambertson, Posted: Sep 28, 2012 Every 26 seconds, a student drops out of high school. Here’s what happens when they do. By Thomas Pearson “I dropped out in the ninth grade. I went to jail that summer. I was fifteen,” said Charles “Frog” Phillips when we talked on his front porch in the Washington Park [...]
Think Outside the Box – ACLU Essay Contest For Teens
Deadline Oct. 17 Event Date(s): Wednesday, September 26, 2012 – 00:00 - Wednesday, October 17, 2012 – 00:00 Enter the Think Outside the Box essay contest… Make your voice heard! Every dollar spent on prisons is not spent on something you care about more! We want to know: What do you care about? What would you do [...]
City’s General Plan Moves Closer to Update
By Johnny Flores, Jr., Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. – Last week’s third Fiesta de la Salud moved the city of Coachella closer to completing the long overdue update of its general plan, which will be the first in the Coachella Valley to include a community health element. On September 20, community members gathered to provide city [...]
The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in America’s Prisons
New America Media , News Feature, James Ridgeway, Posted: Sep 26, 2012 Photo: The image above is part of a photo essay by documentary photographer Tim Gruber taken at the Kentucky State Reformatory and published by Mother Jones along with a longer version of the following article. Copyright Tim Gruber SHIRLEY. Mass.–William “Lefty” Gilday was 82 and suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s when officials [...]
