Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are among the most powerful and stealthy engines of racism and wealth inequality our nation has ever produced.
A community organization created a web tool that simply reminds people of their court dates. The impact is profound.
In the Los Angeles area alone, 11 new tank projects are underway, mainly in communities of color.
Low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation's public schools, according to this research bulletin. The latest data collected from the states by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), show that 51 percent of the students across the nation's public schools were low income in 2013.
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