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What inspired you to write a book about debt? We put it together about 3 years ago when none of this meltdown was happening yet, and what interested me in the subject was several things. Debt is a motif in 19th century literature, with which I'm quite familiar. The second thing was all the debt ads that were suddenly on the subway. They suddenly were appearing everywhere. They hadn't been there before, so it inspires one to wonder why there are suddenly so many organizations that are making their living by helping people get out of debt. That...
...there,” and Tribe offered his “apologies to the separation of church and state”—attendees noted that there was no such thing as a “typical speaker” or a “typical subject,” and that views from across the political and religious spectrum are often highlighted...
...precinct-based machines are significant - they are used by voters to double-check their votes. A lack of them was the subject of an ACLU lawsuit against the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections this spring. Federal law requires voters to be given a chance to check their ballot for errors, also known as second-chance voting. (Studies have shown that mistakes on ballots lead them to be thrown out at higher rates in low-income, minority communities...
...voter fraud. The ORP's latest complaint against Ohio secretary of state Jennifer Brunner, filed in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio, alleges that the rules governing provisional ballots are so vague that each of Ohio's 88 counties could end up treating those votes differently - and be subject to violations of numerous federal equal-protection and election laws...
...calls to uncommitted voters. He did not mention his grandmother to the campaign volunteers there, who were stunned and thrilled at his arrival. But his upbeat mood suddenly changed in the middle of one of the telephone calls, when the voter to whom he was talking brought up the subject of home health care for the elderly...