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California Tied to the Status Quo | La Opinion

March 17, 2010

What is our most pressing problem? That our education system has collapsed and that college is so expensive that many can no longer afford it? That our budget system is dysfunctional?" The water crisis? " asked Mark Paul, Visiting Professor at the Center for Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley. "It does not matter, because they have no immediate solution.”

Original article (In Spanish).

Banks for Poor Neighborhoods in Los Angeles | La Opinion

October 29, 2009

"A bank does not charge horrifying interest rates to customers who need an emergency loan," said Olivia Calderón, Legislative Director of the New America Foundation.

"In poor communities there is a great need and if they continue to lack basic bank accounts it will be increasingly difficult for them to get ahead," said Calderón. ... Original Article

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