¿Qué sé yo?

For a mere $9575, I could spend 72 days backpacking, rock climbing, ocean kayaking, canoeing, rafting, and scaling icy volcanoes in Patagonia, the Florida Everglades and NC mountains. It’s too bad that selling organs is illegal.

katharinec:

More than a third of US homeowners in foreclosure show signs of serious depression, according to a medical study published Tuesday, highlighting the crisis’ hidden impact on public health.

“The foreclosure crisis is also a health crisis,” said lead author Craig Pollack, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. “We need to do more to ensure that if people lose their homes, they don’t also lose their health.

(h/t LIVING IN STIGMA)

katharinec:

abbyjean:

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) have introduced the Democracy Restoration Act. The ACLU’s factsheet breaks down the key features of the legislation:

• Restore voting rights in federal elections to nearly 4 million Americans who have been released from prison and are living in the community.

• Ensure that probationers never lose their right to vote in federal elections.

• Notify people about their right to vote in federal elections when they are leaving prison, sentenced to probation, or convicted of a misdemeanor.

• Create a uniform standard across the country in federal elections.

• Strengthen our democracy by creating a broader and more just base of voter participation.

• Aid law enforcement by encouraging participation in civic life, assisting reintegration, and rebuilding ties to the community.

• Facilitate election administration by streamlining registration issues and eliminating the opportunity for erroneous purges of eligible voters.

• Eliminate the confusion about who is eligible to vote.

Yes please!

i did a Returning Prisoner Simulation at a conference in Madison, WI. i was totally shocked by how dehumanizing the entire process felt. we need much better support for homecomers!