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Fast-Track Deportations

Thousands are being deported without a chance to appear before an immigration judge.

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Aliza Appelbaum

September, 2007
Taking matters into your own hands
The Rev. Jonathan Weaver thought paying off his church's 30-year mortgage in seven years was fairly impressive. But to the banks in Prince George's County, Md., home to a large and influential African American community just outside Washington, D.C., it was not impressive enough. Despite his church's excellent credit record, Weaver said when he returned to the same institution to get a...
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September, 2007
Losing children to violence
The news: During the 2006-2007 school year, 32 Chicago public school students were killed. Behind the news: Chicago has led the nation in youth murders the past several years. Between 2000 and 2005, the Chicago Police Department reported 375 murders or manslaughters of people younger than 18–"more than any other police department in America–"according to The Chicago Reporter's analysis...
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