NeighborWorks America
URL: http://www.nw.org/
Website for this “national nonprofit organization created by Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts.” Features news, case studies, and reports on subjects such as aging in place, disaster preparedness, foreclosure solutions, home equity protection, manufactured housing, predatory lending, and refinancing. Also includes materials about campaigns, such as its free telephone consultation service on foreclosure solutions. Includes listings of local NeighborWorks member organizations.
Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison
URL: http://eji.org/eji/files/20071017cruelandunusual.pdf
This 2007 study “has documented 73 cases where children 13 and 14 years of age have been condemned to death in prison. This report is intended to illuminate this cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on children, particularly for those who have been without legal help for so long.” Includes profiles of some of the children, data, and photos. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the nonprofit law organization, Equal Justice Initiative.
Examining Bhutto’s Significance in Pakistan
URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15460493
Audio of October 2007 radio program and associated article about “who Benazir Bhutto is, why she’s so popular, and why she’s a target for assassination.” The article describes how Bhutto “has twice been the prime minister of Pakistan, and twice been deposed amid allegations of corruption.” Also includes links to related material. From National Public Radio (NPR).
Multiracial Populations
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Populations/Multiracial.htm
This website contains health information concerning multiracial populations, which it defines as “people who belong to two or more of the federally designated racial categories.” Provides statistics, material on 10 leading causes of death, data on health disparities in multiracial populations, and links to related government and nongovernmental websites. From the Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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