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When temp workers die on the job, who’s responsible?

SPENCER WOODMAN

On Sept. 24, just after 3 p.m., a 36-year-old Haitian immigrant named Marianie Sanon was sitting on a particleboard bench in the back of a van overcrowded with 22 other Haitian temp workers on their way to the night shift at a factory in Evansville, Indiana. She noticed that the van driver seemed to be driving dangerously fast down Interstate 69. Sanon had recently moved from Miami to Washington, Indiana, on the hope of landing a good job at the local branch of a temp agency called ServiceXpress.

This would have been her fourth day temping at a plant operated by AmeriQual, an Evansville, Indianabased manufacturer of prepackaged military food for the Department of Defense.

The last thing Sanon remembers of the van ride was watching the driver—a 30-year-old man named James Allen who helped his father run a van service that he called “Haitian Transportation”—attempt a high-speed, slalom-like maneuver to get around a truck.

Three days later, Sanon emerged from a coma in a hospital in Evansville. She had suffered severe head trauma, had several fractured vertebrae, a bone in her left arm had been shattered and she still had shards of glass still imbedded in her body.

Over the past decade, states across the country have been unwinding a century-old compact with America’s workers: A guarantee that if you are injured on the job, your employer will pay your medical bills and enough of your wages to help you get by. In all, 33 states have passed laws that reduce benefits, create hurdles to getting medical care or make it more difficult to qualify for workers’ comp. Virginia has not passed any major reforms.

The accident had left two of her fellow passengers dead. As it tumbled across the interstate, the van disintegrated, ejecting Sanon onto the pavement and sending more than a dozen other survivors to the hospital. As she lay in her hospital bed and gathered information about her co-workers, Sanon says she began to wonder why she had heard nothing from the temp agency— ServiceXpress, a subsidiary of Delaware-based Service General— that deployed her, or from AmerQual itself. Not only had there been no

Marianie Sanon after the accident. offer of help, but not a single person from either firm had checked in, called, visited or sent a letter, Sanon says.

Sanon called ServiceXpress and spoke with a manager. “She said she was sorry for what happened to me,” Sanon told me, “but that she cannot do anything for me.” Sanon soon received a letter from ServiceXpress.

Dear Employee, We thank you for your time that you have been with ServiceXpress; we want to help in some way from the traumatic experience that you have

been through. We hope this gift card and food basket can help you get back on your feet. We want to wish you the best regards in everything you do.

Thank you, ServiceXpress Staff Aside from the $50 Walmart credit, Sanon says that she soon received a paycheck from ServiceXpress that came to $71.00. She says she never received the food basket referenced in the letter and has heard nothing from AmeriQual.

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Meanwhile, Sanon, who was airlifted from the crash site, began receiving the first of her medical bills (many more are on their way), which quickly amounted, she says, to roughly $105,000.

Out of work and unable to pay rent on her apartment, Sanon soon became homeless. She currently sleeps in a women’s shelter in downtown Evansville.

The subcontractor maze Steven Chancellor is the chairman of AmeriQual, according to Bloomberg. He has an ardent passion for big-game hunting on African safari trips and has even used his wealth and influence to lobby the Botswanan government to lift its ban on lion hunting. Chancellor has also proven an energetic Republican activist, hosting a high-profile fundraiser for Mitt Romney in 2012.

Before that, he reportedly held a Republican fundraiser in 2004 election of former President George W. Bush who, from the White House, assisted Chancellor’s crusade against Botswana’s lion hunting ban.

Immediately after the I-69 van crash, AmeriQual expressed sympathy for the victims but also made clear that it had enlisted the workers through ServiceXpress, which sent the temps to the factory for $11 per hour. Yet ServiceXpress, in turn, emphasized that the van’s driver worked for a different business. James Allen, the van’s driver, was recently arrested for his role in the van crash and Neil Chapman, Sanon’s attorney, says Allen likely has little in assets for the crash victims to draw from.

AmeriQual declined to provide comment for this story.

Since the Great Recession, the temporary staffing industry has boomed, and temp employment has accounted for significant portions of rebounding job growth. Temps—who are employed by agencies and whose labor is simply rented out by thirdparty businesses—have become seen as some of America’s most vulnerable workers. Labor advocates say that, in treating workers as replaceable units of labor, the temp industry

can overlook workers’ most basic human needs. Through the layering of contractors and subcontractors, many corporations who rely on temps have effectively shielded themselves from numerous forms of liability for temps they retain through thirdparty agencies.

Labor advocates across the country have identified the safety of vans that transport temp workers to job sites as a key issue. In 2013, ProPublica published a diagram, drawn by a temp worker, of an overcrowded van said to be a typical feature of the New Jersey temp economy. Workers in New Jersey who spoke with this reporter say that they are still being transported in woefully overcrowded conditions.

“The problems with the vans from the agencies is that they pack them in over capacity,” a Spanish-speaking temp worker in northern New Jersey said through a translator and labor organizer named Louis Kimmel, the executive director of New Labor.

“Logically when it’s overcapacity and no one has seatbelts on, for example—and sometimes drivers might be driving when they’re still drunk—we’re putting ourselves at risk just by getting into a full van like that.”

Sanon herself expressed surprise at the lack of responsibility assumed by AmeriQual and ServiceXpress after the crash. “I was like, how am in the hospital and why am I not hearing from anyone?” Sanon said. “I’m very strong, but really, I need help. I cannot do this by myself.”

“A heroic effort” Bamdad Bahar, the president of ServiceXpress, said that his office in Indiana did more than just send Walmart cards and food baskets. “[O]ur team there provided round the clock support for the employees, including taking family members to and from the various hospitals,” Bahar said in an email. “It was truly a heroic effort.” Bahar said that he had taken out life insurance plans that would provide the families of each deceased worker with a $5,000 payment.

Bahar also reiterated that his company has nothing to do with the accident. “I mentioned we provided

maximum support feasible. This was NOT a workman’s comp case, and was NOT an industrial accident. The driver and van company are NOT part of our company, and we are NOT responsible for the accident, the blown tire etc.”

He added that he is looking into filing a libel suit against the local newspaper in Indiana, the Evansville Courier & Press, for its coverage of the accident. “There is really NO need to refer to us in relation to the accident,” Bahar said in a subsequent email. “I shut my operation in Indiana because of all this negative press.”

After the accident, Jacques Estime, who is involved in Washington, Indiana’s Haitian community, launched a fundraiser for the victims of the I-69 rollover crash. After securing enough money to pay for the funerals of the deceased, Estime said he split the leftover money 17 ways among the injured victims, who will each receive a check from Estime for $196.95.

In late September, shortly after the van crash, AmeriQual announced in a Facebook post that it would launch a donation drive among its full-time employees to compensate the injured temps. Yet Sanon has heard nothing about AmerQual’s fundraiser. It is unclear if the company gathered a single donation. Estime said the ServiceXpress had donated one thousand dollars to a funeral fund.

Estime said that the victims are coping with an array of physical and psychological injuries. “Some of them are badly hurt, some of them need therapy,” Jacques said. “Some haven’t been sleeping well. They’ve been having horrible nightmares. All they see are people dying.”

In late October, a Gibson County prosecutor reportedly filed 19 criminal charges against the van’s driver, James Allen, who had tested positive for marijuana during a blood test taken just after the crash. The charges against Allen range from “causing death while operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance” to “causing serious bodily injury while operating under the influence,” according to the Evansville Courier & Press.

Last week, Sonan’s attorney,

Neil Chapman, filed a suit against not only James Allen and his father, Robert, who owns the van, but also against Ameriqual and ServiceXpress. The civil complaint seeks to dispute any notion that the Allens’ transit business operated with autonomy from Xpress and AmeriQual, and asserts that the three businesses were operating as a joint venture.

“A principle motivating factor for Ameriqual to choose ServiceXpress was because it offered a competitive advantage of other temporary agencies: Transportation of the Haitian employees free-of charge as a part of its advertised, integrated incentive package to its factory clients.”

Sanon said that, before the accident, she still owed $50 to a man she had paid $200 to bring her from Miami to Indiana. Although the AmeriQual wage was modest, it was the best she could find, she said, and she had hoped to use the earnings to become debt-free. With medical bills that she estimates total over $100,000, that goal now seems impossible.

“I’m struggling for my life right now,” Sonan said. “I can’t do this alone.”

A new documentary, “A Day’s Work”, recounts the life and death of 21-year-old temp worker from Miami, Day Davis, as well as the rapid growth of temp work and the unique risks faced by temp workers.

Executive producer Dave DeSario tackles reasons temp workers face greater risks of injury than permanent employees, and who he believes is responsible when grave accidents happen on the job.

The film does note that there are three million people that go to work every day at temp agencies, and most of them aren’t killed or injured on the job. But who pays for those who do get injured or killed?

“The lack of basic protections for temporary workers in this country is shameful,” Rep. George Miller, a Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, said in a statement. “It is important that the U.S. examine some of these provisions and consider whether they can serve as models for statutes to help protect American workers.”

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Virginia tops all states in the nation in referring students from school to law enforcement and additional research has shown that youth prisons contribute to high rates of reoffending, wasteful taxpayer spending and disproportionate impacts on youth of color.

“It’s crucial that we engage in conversations to bring awareness to the deeply flawed youth incarceration system that exists here in Virginia,” said Lyles of ART 180, which has been showcasing art from incarcerated youth as part of the Performing Statistics project.

“It’s our job as Virginians to provide a restorative response to each child, family’s and community’s wellbeing,” said Lyles. “We must take it

upon ourselves to think about the challenges and barriers that stand between youth and justice and use the power of awareness to break through those obstacles. At the end of the day, it’s on us to make sure every child has the opportunities so many of us take for granted.”

Sheriff Morgan of Newport News, said that prevention is cheaper than corrections.

“I run a facility at which I don’t believe children should be,” he said “We spend roughly $150,000 to house one youth in prison, yet we spend $8,000-9,000 on K-12 education [in Newport News]. If we keep 10 juveniles out of the system, that’s $1.5 million more that can go to a school system or a non-profit that supports kids.”

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Northam is running to become next Va. governor Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam said last week that he intends to run for governor in 2017, setting up a possible primary battle with another likely candidate, Attorney General Mark R. Herring.

In a state where the governor cannot serve back-to-back terms, Northam and Herring were both widely assumed to have their eyes on the governor’s mansion from the moment in 2013 when they won their current offices on a ticket with nowGov. Terry McAuliffe (D). But neither had definitively said he planned to run — until now.

In the past few weeks, Northam has begun putting the word out, privately informing McAuliffe, Democratic leaders and supporters that he plans to run, the lieutenant governor confirmed during an interview.

“I’m planning for the next step — planning to run for governor,” Northam said.

Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam Several Democrats said they welcomed the news that Northam — a Virginia Military Institute graduate, Gulf War veteran and pediatric neurologist who hunts, fishes and speaks with the folksy

Senate Democratic Caucus elects, re-elects leaders Following an election in which they failed to take majority in the Virginia Senate from Republicans, members of the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus met in Portsmouth last week to elect their leadership. They re-elected Sen. Richard L. “Dick” Saslaw (D-Fairfax) and Sen. A. Donald McEachin (D-Henrico) by acclamation as Democratic leader and caucus chair respectively.

“I am humbled by the renewed vote of confidence from my Democratic colleagues,” said McEachin. “I look forward to continuing to chair our caucus as we keep working diligently to move Virginia forward.

“We will continue to advocate for critical priorities like stronger schools, expanded access to health care, and social and economic justice for all.”

Rounding up the other elected caucus leaders are Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) who was elected to serve as caucus vice chair, Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) as caucus treasurer, Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) was re-elected to serve as caucus secretary, and Sen. Janet

State Sen. Donald McEachin Howell (D-Fairfax) and Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Loudoun) were elected as whips.

Republicans hold a 21-19 majority in the chamber and although that limits their ability to build a legislative legacy for Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the elected leaders said they are looking forward to being productive.

“I hope that we can work with the other side to come together on all of our critical issues to the benefit of our constituents,” said Saslaw.

drawl of an Eastern Shore native — was entering the race. They said his biography and collegial manner could play well across an increasingly polarized state, where Democrats have dominated Northern Virginia and other urban centers but have little following elsewhere.

A few Democrats expressed reservations, however, about the strain on the party that would come from a primary fight between Northam and Herring (D), who is widely expected to run but has yet to declare his intentions. Several expressed hope that one of the two Democrats would decide to step aside.

“I think we’re doing a lot of good work for the people of Virginia, and I’ll make decisions about future elections later,” Herring said via e-mail.

Northam said that he, too, is focused on his current job, which involves presiding over the Senate and working with McAuliffe on economic development, mental health issues, early childhood development and the redevelopment of Fort Monroe in Hampton.

“The best way to run or apply for a new job is to have a good record,” he said. “And that’s what I want to work very hard on in the next three years.”

Northam’s early, albeit unofficial, entrance into the race is an aggressive move on the part of someone generally known for his lowkey style. It could be a bid to catch up with Herring, whose higher-profile perch has often put the attorney general in the headlines.

Herring has used his office to buck the state’s gay marriage ban, declare some illegal immigrants eligible for in-state tuition and advance other liberal causes that could endear him to Democratic primary voters but also complicate a general election bid.

As lieutenant governor — a parttime job in Virginia — Northam’s biggest power is to break tie votes in the Senate. He has taken liberal positions without becoming the lightning rod that Herring has for some Republicans, who offered several bills this session seeking to

rein in the attorney general’s powers.

Northam’s early move also was seen as evidence that the soaring cost of running for governor in Virginia is forcing campaigns to start ever sooner. The 2013 battle between McAuliffe and then-attorney general Ken Cuccinelli II (R) cost about $60 million.

“It’s one of those things — if you’re going to run for governor, you can’t do it at the last minute,” Northam said.

State Sen. Barbara A. Favola (D-Arlington) was among those who wholeheartedly welcomed a Northam bid.

“I think it’s a great idea. He is such a Virginian,” she said. “He sort of gets the thoughtful and methodical way that the Virginia General Assembly likes to conduct its policy.

He’s just a very, very good fit for his current job, and he’d be a great governor.”

She was less gung-ho on the notion of a Democratic primary, saying: “I would hope the two gentlemen could work it out.”

“Mark has done a fine job as AG,” Favola continued. “[But] having a primary when you’re running for governor that year can be very tough.

It’s tough on voters. It’s tough on donors. It’s just tough all around.

And governor’s races are battles. It would be better for the party and better for Virginia . . . if there’s not a primary and we can just pick a frontrunner and just go forward.”

On the Republican side, Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Rockingham), who narrowly lost the attorney general’s race to Herring, is widely expected to run for governor.

Other names often mentioned for the GOP nomination include former White House counselor Ed Gillespie, who came close to unseating U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D) last year; Rep. Rob Wittman; and state Sen. Frank W. Wagner (Virginia Beach).

While Northam has begun to spread the word about his plans, he said he had not contacted Herring.

“I just talked to him yesterday about a tie vote,” Northam said, “but I haven’t discussed my next step with © WaPo the attorney general.”

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Can I get an ‘Amen’ for CEG? JAMES CLINGMAN On Dec. 3, the Collective Empowerment Group (CEG), formerly known as the Collective Banking Group (CBG) of Prince George’s County and Vicinity, will celebrate a milestone achievement: Its 20th anniversary. The CEG was established in 1995 by 21 churches, in response to discrimination and mistreatment by banks, some of which had financed church buildings but refused to make loans thereafter for renovations and business development.

Instead of wringing their hands, whining, and begging the banks to change, Jonathan Weaver, pastor of Greater Mt. Nebo A.M.E. Church, rallied a few of his fellow ministers to respond appropriately to those banks.

They used their collective leverage, via the members’ of their respective congregations, to obtain reciprocity from the banks that they chose to be “in covenant” with. Banks began to “compete” for the churches’ business by coming to the leaders of the CEG to make their presentations. In other words, the banks did not interview the churches; rather, the churches interviewed the banks.

Important to note are the reciprocal relationships that evolved from the initiative of the churches and their refusal to continue doing business as usual. Both sides won. The banks understood the value of being in what was called a “covenant relationship” with this newly formed dynamic group, and the churches understood The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 1 No. 43 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

the leverage they had by working collectively and cooperatively, across theological persuasions, toward business solutions for their members.

The CBG became the CEG as a result of its growth from 21 churches to nearly 150 churches comprising 175,000 members and its desire to involve itself in other business relationships. The CEG’s aim was to be more holistic in its approach to the myriad of issues affecting the daily lives of black people. Thus, as a result of CBG leadership recognizing the possibilities of doing even more business with other retailers, i.e. furniture stores, carpet outlets, and organizations involved in health, politics, insurance, professional services, and supplies, the name was changed along with the organization’s scope of service. Notfor-profit entities were also invited to work with the CEG, again creating mutually beneficial relationships and opportunities not ordinarily available.

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service providers, not only gain access to the individual members of the CEG with whom they can do business; they respond by offering discounts and other special considerations to the CEG members.

Having helped start a chapter of the CEG in Cincinnati, Ohio, I can personally attest to the benefits offered by CEG Strategic Partner businesses.

Innovative, practical, bold, and beneficial are just a few words that describe the CEG, its leadership, and individual members and partners. CEG churches do not continue to complain about how they are mistreated despite spending significant amounts with businesses and depositing large sums of money into banks that do not reciprocate. CEG churches take the issue into their own hands, first by understanding the power of leverage and then by being willing to address any inequities that exist in their business relationships via their collective clout.

Just imagine the economic progress we would make if hundreds and even thousands more black churches throughout this country would form CEG chapters and replicate what has been done in the original chapter and now in other local chapters.

After all, as Willie Sutton once said, “That’s where the [black] money is.”

Although I have written several newspaper columns about the CEG,

I never tire of doing so because it has done such great work in the area of economic empowerment.

And because I hear so many of our brothers and sisters asking, “What are the churches doing?” I am compelled to share CEG with any and all who will listen. Many churches across the country are doing some fantastic things on an individual basis; that cannot be denied. The CEG demonstrates what can be done collectively, and it graphically illustrates that there is, indeed, power in numbers. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to write about this outstanding organization, and I will continue to sing its praises for spreading the gospel of economic empowerment.

You can celebrate with the CEG and learn more about how it began and what it is doing now by attending their 20th anniversary gala in Bowie, Md. For more information just go to www. collectiveempowermentgroup.org or call 301-699-8449.

Kudos, congrats, and bravos to the CEG, its visionary, Pastor Jonathan Weaver, and its current leadership, President Anthony G. Maclin and Executive Director, Dr. Diane H. Johnson. Just as important are all of those who followed their lead, locally and nationally, to establish what has now become a two decades-old successful organization. Can I get an Amen?

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I used to be a heroin user. Now I am the director of Collegiate and Family Development at The McShin Foundation, Virginia’s leading peer-to-peer recovery community organization, helping adults who are suffering from drug or alcohol dependency. We are now trying to save young adults in our community.

Kids today are more likely to meet with their probation officer than their guidance counselor, to go to court than class, and they’re emerging from their teen years with criminal records instead of diplomas. We are starting a recovery school and after school programs in existing schools for students aged 12-18 who can come and learn in a safe supportive environment away from the temptation to use drugs and alcohol.

By providing education in a sober supportive environment we can allow these students to learn and grow without temptation. We know we can help them lead productive and healthy lives. We have started raising funds to help launch this program in January. All money raised is going to providing an academic credit recovery program, computers, outdoor activities like hiking, biking, fishing and team activities as well as staff aged 18-30 who are in recovery themselves and can help the youth navigate their own paths to recovery and success.

Please help us in saving the youth in our communities.

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Congress is facing a lot of public policy issues in need of solutions

– not the least of which are fiscal agreements to keep the government running and to fund programs and services that Americans depend on.

Somewhere in the mix are efforts to reform the nation’s tax code and proposals to raise taxes on the energy industry to generate revenue and reduce the deficit. Higher-priced energy could have long-term impacts on the economy and on those of us who are planning for our future.

College students like me are dealing with our own fiscal crises. A college education doesn’t come cheap and in spite of the efforts of President [Barack] Obama and others to make it free for all, I think current students are on their own. Many of the expenses students face are grounded in energy prices. Tuition at a public research university such as VCU reflects the cost of fuel, electricity, transportation, a wide range of consumer goods and other energybased costs.

If oil and natural gas companies pay more as the result of tax code reform, educational institutions will pay more to keep their doors open and students will pay more in tuition and other costs. And if energy costs rise and companies pull back on production and expansion, what will the marketplace look like for job-seeking college graduates? I'm guessing not so good.

Higher energy prices would mean financial hardship for our state’s economy, businesses, consumers, families and, yes, college students.

Raising taxes on energy companies is a bad idea, and we should let those who represent us in Congress know it.

Ayesha Bookard

Not taking chances

We know our world is filled with evil people and ISIS proved it again in Paris.

The radical Muslims associated with ISIS are unable to do anything but kill and destroy. They are a cancer to any country and to all good people. Christian people of America would love to think we could simply just send more missionaries with Bibles to Syria and try to convert them all to Jesus. Tragically, all the women would be raped and chained while the men would be beheaded.

It would be nice to hear about ISIS militants coming to their senses and leaving Syria with help and support for the free and democratic countries of the world. However, would we be able to trust them? How do we know which ones to trust?

We look upon Syrian refugees with suspicion and rightly so. We only need one rogue refugee to get into America, Germany and yes France and kill hundreds or thousands at a public event. Is it worth losing innocent Americans over our sympathy for the refugees? This is not a hard question to answer. The answer is no.

We should try to help the Turks who need weapons and financial support in Syria. We should try to create some safe zones in Iraq and Afghanistan for those needing to flee Syria. Better and easier for them to go there than to come here.

Germany will soon regret opening their gates to Syria and America will regret it as well. Sounds unchristian?

Is it unchristian to protect our families and our children? Do you open wide the doors of your house if you have a mix of non poisonous and

poisonous snakes crawling in the nearby woods? I feel confident there are many good Syrian people. They need to stay in the Middle East for the time being.

What should America do immediately? Secure our borders.

Stop entry into this country by all refugees from the Middle East. This is not a permanent decision but it needs to be in effect for the time being. Work with others to create safe zones in Iraq, Afghanistan and even in Syria.

Work with other people. Don’t gripe about Russia killing ISIS. Why do we care if Russia kills ISIS? Is our government worried that Russia will get the credit for stopping ISIS? Are we afraid they might get control of some oil?

We must also support and applaud the efforts of what France is doing to combat ISIS. We must tell Turkey and all the other surrounding countries that they need to get involved in this because we will not be there to bail them out when ISIS begins to attack their communities.

Finally, we must cut off as much of the money flow from ISIS as possible. This means taking out any oil refineries they have access to. If we are going to drop bombs on Syria we need to make them count.

Did somebody really say we should only let Christian Syrians into the country and not Muslims? If somebody said that they had to be joking or crazy. We cannot trust the ISIS terrorists, period. They will say and do anything.

America cannot take chances. We are at war.

Glenn Mollette

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Faith & Religion Evangelical group changes position on death penalty The National Association of Evangelicals has revised its historical position on the death penalty in the United States, admitting that there are various opposing views among its members.

"Evangelical Christians differ in their beliefs about capital punishment, often citing strong biblical and theological reasons either for the just character of the death penalty in extreme cases or for the sacredness of all life, including the lives of those who perpetrate serious crimes and yet have the potential

for repentance and reformation. We affirm the conscientious commitment of both streams of Christian ethical thought," read the statement by the NAE Board of Directors, releasing a new resolution on capital NAE President Leith Anderson added: “A growing number of Evangelicals call for government resources to be shifted away from the death penalty. Our statement allows for their advocacy and for the advocacy of those of goodwill who support capital punishment in limited circumstances as a

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The resolution recognizes that the government is responsible for administering justice and protecting its citizens, but at the same time noted that all human systems are fallible. It added that despite different views, Evangelicals are united in calling for reform in the criminal justice system.

“Such reform should improve public safety, provide restitution to victims, rehabilitate and restore offenders, and eliminate racial and socio-economic inequities in law enforcement, prosecution and sentencing of defendants,” the resolution states.

Heather Beaudoin, the director of Evangelical Outreach for Equal Justice USA and a National Coordinator for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, said that the resolution illustrates the “growing concerns” among the NAE leadership regarding capital punishment.

“These concerns mirror what I have been hearing when I talk to Christians across the country. More of them are questioning their support for the death penalty as they learn about its mistakes and bias. I am

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overjoyed that the NAE has taken so much leadership in fostering this dialog.”

There have been several controversial executions over the past several years. Back in September, 47-year-old Kelly Renee Gissendaner was put to death by the state of Georgia for her role in a stabbing murder in 1997. The execution was carried out despite loud opposition by the Roman Catholic Church, including pleas by Pope Francis.

“While not wishing to minimize the gravity of the crime for which Ms. Gissendander has been convicted, and while sympathizing with the victims, I nonetheless implore you, in consideration of the reasons that have been expressed to your board, to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy,” Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano wrote on the pontiff’s behalf.

A Gallup poll from October 2014 found that most Americans continue to support the death penalty. While that support has been decreasing in the past two decades, 66 percent of respondents to the latest survey said that they back capital punishment, while 33 percent said that they opposed it.

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‘Saints’ showcases miracles preceding ‘first Thanksgiving’ CP - Your understanding of the history of Thanksgiving may be about to change. “Saints & Strangers,” a two-night miniseries that premiered on National Geographic Channel, is a visually stunning, action packed account of the first Thanksgiving in 1620.

The series delivers a rare, in-depth chronicle of events leading up to the historic meal, as well as insight on the dynamics at play between Pilgrims and Native Americans, from each of their perspectives.

Actors Vincent Kartheiser, Kalani Queypo, Tatanka Means and writer Seth Fisher spoke about the real-life events that are recounted in “Saints & Strangers.”

Vincent Kartheiser, who plays William Bradford — the Christian English leader who settles in Plymouth in search of religious freedom — spoke of the integrity brought to the project by National Geographic and producers of the

miniseries.

“The best stories are the real stories and this is as real as it gets for history in America,” Katheiser said, asserting that Nat Geo was very “passionate about getting the story right.”

Although Englishmen had been reaching American shores for 200 years before Bradford and his separatist friends and strangers arrived, Kartheiser said what makes this specific colony different is that they do not come looking for war, but freedom.

“Why would you ever help a group that was coming onto your land?

There was already a very long history of the white man coming to the shores bringing death to their shore,” Kartheiser explained. "Why would the Native Americans help them make it through this historically hard winter? The film explores that.

It explores what was the motivation behind that.”

“Saints” writer Seth Fisher said that he made the two-part film to reflect what actually happened when Bradford and his crew established their new colony among the natives. Fisher maintained that the religious convictions of the Pilgrims, specifically the separatists, were arguably the most important thing they brought with them, and resulted in miracle after miracle.

“William Bradford and the separatists just brought their faith and that got them through one of the hardest journeys, and for Bradford that got him through the death of his wife upon arrival, being away from his son over an ocean, and ultimately — despite how some of these events unfold in violence — it brought him together with Squanto, which is arguably one of the most beautiful relationships between two different cultures I’ve ever encountered historically,” he said. “It didn’t come out of Bradford proselytizing or even

looking to spread the word of God. It was just the way that he lived his life, and that had a profound impact on their new neighbors.”

“Saints" explores the unique relationship between Bradford and Squanto, a native who encourages the leader of the Pokanoket tribe to become allies with the English. A bond is forged between the two men.

“Bradford could have been the most intolerant person, his only friend arguably was a Native American, and for me that friendship is the rock of this story. It really is the heart of it,” said Fisher.

“Historically, we know from Bradford’s journal that when Squanto eventually passed away [and was] on his death bed, he had Bradford pray with him to — as he put it — the English God,” Fisher continued. “Squanto probably wasn't even thinking about it in any sort of religious sense as much as it was

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The push for black teen adoption SHANTELLA Y. SHERMAN NNPA - Thomas Caston has few recollections of his birth parents. Adopted at 11 through an agency that found homes for “hard to place” children, Caston looks upon each year’s National Adoption Day as a celebration for his fellowadoptees, and an opportunity for the three children he and his wife adopted to commemorate their blackteenagers4own placements. But creating happy endings for waiting children, according to Caston and local adoption advocates, requires dispelling myths about both adoption and rearing children of color.

There were 415,129 children in the U.S. foster care system as of September 30, 2014, with 107,918 of them available for adoption, according to the Administration for Children and Families under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Studies show that black children who come into contact with the child welfare system are disproportionately represented in foster care,

and are less likely than children of other racial and ethnic groups to move to a permanent placement.

“I remember being that kid with no parents and feeling isolated and rejected because the natural gravitation was towards adopting infants or toddlers,” Caston said. “The plan was always to foster and adopt once I became an adult because no child should feel as if they are not anchored to the world around them.”

Susan Punnett, executive director of the Family & Youth Initiative, an organization that works exclusively with teens in foster care said that

perhaps the most pressing need remains in placing teen populations.

“Teens are hidden from view and the system protects their confidentiality so we don’t hear about them,” said Punnett, who said many teens do not want friends to know they are in foster care or in need of adoptive parents.

“Many people also think children are in foster care because of something they did rather than something that was done to them (or care that was not provided to them).”

Punnett said that the latter assumption reinforces misconceptions that foster children are “bad” children. “Add to that the fact that they are teens, an age that most people do not look forward to parenting, and it makes sense that people would not consider adopting a teen from foster care,” Punnett said.

Many advocates point to other misconceptions about adoption as a whole that hinder placements, including: expense to foster or adopt, difficulty of meeting qualifications, including not owning their own home; poor health conditions; or being single.

“We have a unique program that allows adults and teens in foster care to form relationships naturally. The more adults who meet and get to know teens who need families, the more teens who will find families,” Punnett said.

“Getting to know each other breaks through whatever questions or fears and myths people might have had.”

Council uses hats to salute civil rights advocate Height The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) recently held a celebration in homage to their chair and president emeriti, Dorothy Height. The event commemorated the organization’s 80th birthday and showcased the stylish hats Dorothy Irene Height wore as she advocated for equality and human rights for all people.

The hat exhibition, called “Messages of Our Mother,” included more than 50 hats from Height’s collection of 250 hats at the Washington, D.C. Hilton in Northwest. Height served as president of the organization for 40 years (1957-1997).

“This is the first time we are displaying her hats; they are part of her estate. I thought it was appropriate for the 80th anniversary of the NCNW to salute the council with the hats of Dorothy Height,” said Alexis Herman, president of the Dorothy I. Height Education

Foundation and co-chair of the Uncommon Height Gala. She was also the former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration.

“So we have hats representing eight decades, and each decade has a special theme, so we have historical hats; the first hat she wore with Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt, the hat she wore to Barack Obama’s inauguration . . . we have hats that are representative of organizational partnerships, like Delta Sigma Theta, her famous red hats.”

Height was a member of the Deltas and the national president from 1946 to 1957.

“We call them her crowns, Queen Dorothy, because she loved to wear the halos, especially in the evening,” Herman said. She said that some of the hats are in the Smithsonian’s inventory and will be part of the African American Historical Museum when it opens next year. In

addition to the hat celebration, the organization held its 14th annual Uncommon Gala Awards on Nov. 13. Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds received the organizations Crystal Stair award, sharing the honor with Sidney Poitier, Vernon Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, and others.

“Dorothy Height had a great relationship with Babyface,” Herman said. “She supported his fundraising efforts for the Little Blue House in

Washington, D.C., and the border babies initiative he championed.”

“The Crystal Stair Award is taken from Langston Hughes’ poem “Mother to Son” and purses together those qualities of Dorothy Irene Height’s service to others and service to community,” said Daley.

“Babyface has given that service many people may not know, but he’s given a lot of service to the community.”

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Ray Lewis’ book takes an indepth look at the troubled man beneath the helmet

Ask Alma A niece with sticky fingers Dear Alma, About six months ago, my sister moved back to our hometown with her daughter, who is 10 years old.

They don’t live that far from me, it’s walking distance.

I recently noticed when my niece comes by to visit without her mother, after she leaves, a few of my things have been missing. Never any money, mainly jewelry. I’ve never see her steal from me, but I know it has to be her.

I’m hoping she isn’t a kleptomaniac and I’m not sure how to bring this to my sister’s attention. I know she misses her dad, since they moved back and maybe she’s doing this to get attention.

How would you suggest I handle this problem?

Carla Carla, Once a thief, always a thief, or so that’s what they say but we both know that ain’t true.

This email takes me back to the 1970s. I’m going pause a minute to tell the truth and shame the devil. Since we’re all over 50, I’m naming names – lean in close, while I whisper. I remember once Neasy, Andrea and I, got caught stealing earrings from Zayre Department Store. I was scared to death! All three of us were probably 11 or 12 at the time. The thought of going to jail terrified me. Let’s just say, I never did that again.

You know it’s no secret, I have a soft spot when it comes to our kids. Don’t run and tell her mama just yet. Take the time to talk to her directly. You’re her auntie, you got this. Your sister,

I’m sure, would be appalled and so angry, she’d probably punish her for life.

So here’s what I’d suggest, the next time she’s over, fix a light meal and step to her directly.

Place a necklace around her neck and say something like this, “Hey potato chip, have you been pilfering through my things? If you wanna borrow some of my jewelry, just ask.”

I think it’s important to talk to her and use the word “borrow.” Politely ask her to return your items.

Discuss how stealing is wrong and how it invades a person’s privacy.

Let her know how that choice of action will not allow you or anyone else to trust her.

I’m asking you to take this route because she’s only 10 years old.

There’s more to this behavior than meets the eye – she’s clearly calling out for help. I agree with you, that she may be missing her dad. Either way, this is your teachable moment.

Become the support she needs right now. It will build an unbreakable bond the two of you will share for a lifetime. If she dives off the deep end, tell her you’ll have no choice but to mention this to her mother.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed all’s well that ends well. Be sure to let me know what happens. I can’t wait to hear. ***** Want advice? E-mail questions to alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com.Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma *****

JAMES BENTLEY NNPA - In “I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory” Ray Lewis tells the story of his 17-year NFL career.

Many born and raised in Baltimore City know that having no football team was tough and the only thing worse were the old stories of how great the Colts were before they moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night. For these people, the greatest day in Baltimore City’s football history is April 20, 1996.

That was the first draft for the new Baltimore Ravens and in that first round General Manager Ozzie Newsome selected Hall of Famer Jonathan Ogden from UCLA with the 4th overall pick, and future Hall of Fame inductee Ray Lewis from Miami, with the 26th pick. Ogden and Lewis would lead the team to win Superbowl XXXV in 2001 and Lewis would again win in 2013. That win, at Super Bowl XLVII, would be Lewis’ final game.

That game and detailed memories of many others, make up a good portion of this book. In addition, Lewis discusses his early childhood, growing up without a father and even the origin of his name–he was named after a military man who paid his mother’s maternity ward bills.

He remembers growing up in a house with his single mother, Sunseria Smith, and his four siblings. He also remembers the abuse he and his mother suffered at the hands of men in her life.

Lewis talks about his introduction to football, his evolution to a blue chip recruit in high school and his ascension to wrestling state champion in his senior year. The part of the book many non-Ravens fans will be interested in is Lewis’ detailed retelling of what happened on Jan. 31, 2000 in Atlanta.

On that night Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar were stabbed to death following the Super Bowl. Lewis and his group had been involved in a fight with another group of which Baker and Lollar were a part of. Lewis and two companions were charged with murder and Lewis ultimately took a plea and testified against his two companions. Lewis never directly linked his two friends to the killings, and they were acquitted.

Lewis goes through the different outfits he wore, his trip to Atlanta and expresses multiple times that he has moved past the events, how people treated him and how he felt.

It seems that Lewis is still hurt by those accusations and how he was treated, in custody and in public, as a result of them.

Lewis does touch on the Baltimore unrest and seeing “his city” burn. He talks about his hurt as he watched the city explode in riots and violence and how he showed up to help in any way he could.

Faith is the common thread that ties this book and Lewis’s life together. The book is a mixture of Lewis’s spiritual talk, motivational speeches and his football history.

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Partnership with GRTC to provide free transportation to Thanksgiving feast Attendees of the annual Community Thanksgiving Feast hosted by The Giving Heart at The Greater Richmond Convention Center can ride for free to and from the Feast on popular holidayoperating GRTC routes.

GRTC will provide a free ride to and from the feast at designated bus stops, where Giving Heart volunteers will welcome guests on the bus and direct them to the feast.

"We are honored to partner with GRTC this year. What a wonderful way to celebrate our 10th anniversary of 'food and fellowship' and expand access to the Community Thanksgiving Feast to many in our community,” said Vicki Neilson, founding and executive director for The Giving Heart.

Any person wishing to attend the feast may meet a Giving Heart volunteer to board a GRTC bus between 9 a.m - 10 a.m. on

Thanksgiving Day from one of several bus stops including Willow Lawn, Broad & Robinson, Southside Plaza, 21st and Marshall, Laburnum & Chamberlayne and Brookland Park & Chamberlayne.

The Giving Heart Community Thanksgiving Feast is a Richmond tradition since 2005, offering a free celebration of community and welcoming all to the table for food and fellowship. Special emphasis is placed on identifying - and including - the homeless, elderly individuals, working class families, local military servicemen and those who otherwise would be alone during the Holiday.

In Newport News more than 5,800 people had free Thanksgiving meals served Saturday at the 16th annual Feeding 5,000 event in the Southeast Community.

About 1,000 volunteers helped set up and served people from long tables lined with turkey, corn,

Community leaders serve a Thanksgiving dinner to the area needy during the annual Feeding 5000 community celebration in Newport News. mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and other staple Thanksgiving dishes.

The event was created to get the community together and offer food to those who need it, said Shannon, who is the event’s founder and also runs the annual Southeast Community Day parade and festival. Several elected officials showed up, including

(from page 9) an impact that Bradford had on him and how Bradford used his faith to persevere."

Nat Geo did not shy away from highlighting the Pilgrims' faith with scenes that showed the separatists meeting outside for church, talking about not working on the Sabbath, and praying.

Kalani Queypo, who portrays Squanto, echoed Fisher’s statements on the impact of faith at that point and time in history.

“Faith is something that actually comes up in every Q&A with the fan screenings. The idea of faith, because it does take faith in order to cross this ocean on the Mayflower and it takes faith to persevere. It took faith for Squanto in order to endure what he endured,” Queypo stated. “I don’t think he ever would have dreamed that all of these generations later people would be telling the story of Squanto.”

Queypo went on to say, “Faith is what get’s us through the toughest times and I think that humor is also something that takes us through the toughest times, and that’s what I love about this film is that we get to experience full, multidimensional characters.”

Nat Geo and the film’s producers give a voice to Native American’s that has not often been explored in recaps of American history. The film features the native tongue of the Wampanoag

tribe, a language that has never before been spoken on screen.

“You’ll experience this full journey and a full picture, as opposed to a device in a story where they’re just like ‘Oh let’s just have these native people’ and they’re just pushing the larger story forward,” Queypo continued. “We get to see these beautiful, artististic, colorful people who are just as much of the story and it brings a human experience to it and it challenges all of your thoughts of faith and what you believe in.”

“I think that Squanto is somebody that every knows at least a thing or two about. They don’t teach that in American history, the ... depth of his role. It somehow gets reduced in history. Whereas

U.S. Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, D-Newport News, who was a “celebrity server,” he said.

“What today represented was leadership from the highest offices we have, to human services offices, and then the ministries,” said Andrew Shannon, founder and organizer of Feeding 5000 Thanksgiving Harvest and Community Celebration.

he was this amazing person that utilized all of these things. He’s a diplomat,” the Hawaiian actor concluded.

Like Queypo, Tatanka Means plays a native who spends a lot of time among the English. The warrior later converts to Christianity and plays a lead role in “Saints,” and Means could not be happier.

“A lot of garbage movies come out about native people. That research isn’t there, it’s not historically accurate, but this was so well done with Nat Geo. A lot of integrity in it. I’m proud to be involved with it. This is right,” Means gushed.

The Native American actor revealed that Nat Geo conferred with 10 advisors, as well as the Smithsonian, in order to gather accurate information.

Means celebrated that the eastern natives, particularly the Wampanoag tribe, would now be immortalized through “Saints.”

“I’m glad it’s being highlighted and that we’re able to showcase the language as well. There’s less than about two dozen speakers, but everybody is trying to learn. They’re trying to preserve the language, and hopefully it will inspire kids to want to learn their own language,” Means said. “All these characters are real, it’s crazy to see them come to life.”

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HOME study shows disparities in lending by the five largest mortgage lenders in Richmond Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME) has released a report called “Mortgage Lending in the city of Richmond: An Analysis of the City’s Lending Institutions” which outlines some clear differences in loan approval between white and minority borrowers in Richmond.

The report, commissioned by the city of Richmond, shows significant disparities in the origination and denial rates of loans based on the race/ethnicity of the applicant and the minority composition of the neighborhood. Black applicants, regardless of income, were less likely to receive a home purchase loan or refinance loan. In fact, the disparity between black and white loan outcomes increased according to income.

The report, limited in scope to the city of Richmond only, evaluates lending patterns of the five largest lenders in the city in aggregate, meaning the report did not single out

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In refinanced loans, white borrowers received 2,720 home loans, black borrowers received 382, and Hispanic borrowers received 46.

The city’s lending institutions have a responsibility to meet the credit needs of the community.

The disparity in the number of loans made to white borrowers compared to black and Hispanic borrowers is of grave concern. White borrowers accounted for 90 percent of home purchase loan origination and 86 percent of refinance loan originations. The current demographic composition of the city is 48 percent black, 40 percent white, and 6 percent Hispanic, clearly shows how under-represented black and Hispanic borrowers are in the

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The report outlines several strategies that the city and lenders

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Main Street (Route 5) Bridge Replacement over Railroad City of Richmond Citizen Information Meeting

Thursday, December 10, 2015, 5–7 p.m.

Chimborazo Elementary School 3000 E. Marshall Street Richmond, VA 23223 Come see and hear about plans to replace the Main St. (Rt. 5) bridge over the Norfolk Southern railroad. The road will be closed and a detour will be in place during construction.

Give your written comments at the meeting or submit them no later than December 20, 2015 to Joe Fecek, P.E., Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 238349002 or Joe.Fecek@VDOT.Virginia.gov.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information in regards to your civil rights on this project or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager at the telephone number listed above. * In the event of inclement weather on December 10, this meeting will be held December 17 at the same time and location above.

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Responding to the challenges facing cancer survivors Physical, financial, psychological needs reported The number of cancer survivors — people who live after a cancer diagnosis — is expected to grow substantially over the next few decades as the U.S. population ages and as early detection methods and treatments continue to improve.

Updates on how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is helping Americans meet the challenges of cancer survivorship were recently published online and appear in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The supplement, “Addressing Cancer Survivorship through Public

Health Research, Surveillance, and Programs,” concludes that concrete plans are needed to ensure that the U.S. health care system can meet survivors’ future needs.

“By 2025, there will be more than 24 million people living after a cancer diagnosis,” said CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, M.D. “In addition to better prevention and treatment of cancer, we must plan for the wide variety of issues that people may face after cancer, including physical, financial, and psychological hardships.”

Selected findings from CDCauthored articles in the supplement: Sixty percent of breast cancer survivors surveyed reported having problems with thinking, memory, and concentration after receiving chemotherapy and/or hormone treatment for breast cancer. Of

those women, 37 percent said they discussed the problems with their health care provider and 15 percent reported receiving medication, psychotherapy, or other interventions to treat their symptoms.

Some people treated for colorectal (colon) cancer face barriers to eating healthy and getting enough physical activity to reduce their risk of having the cancer recur. These barriers include a lack of knowledge about how to maintain a healthy diet and limit alcohol use.

Higher out-of-pocket medical costs can keep survivors from getting access to the follow-up care they need.

“When we think about cancer treatments, we tend to think of the physical toll they take on patients who are in active treatment. But these articles highlight challenges

that can affect survivors for the rest of their lives,” said Lisa Richardson M.D., M.P.H., director, CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.

The journal supplement includes 12 articles on research, surveillance, education campaigns, and partnerships that improve the experiences of survivors, their families, friends, and caregivers.

An introduction to the supplement’s opening article reviews CDC’s ongoing work in cancer survivorship, which includes surveillance to determine burden, research to determine the health and economic impact of cancer on survivors, and working with state and territorial partners to support incorporating survivorship activities into their comprehensive cancer control efforts.

New government survey pegs autism prevalence at one in 45 A new government survey of parents suggests that one in 45 children, ages three through 17, have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This is notably higher than the official government estimate of one in 68 American children with autism, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Because the new numbers come from a parent survey, they don’t replace the CDC’s 1-in-68 figure as the official estimate of autism prevalence in the United States.

However, the CDC has acknowledged that its estimate has significant limitations. It’s based on an analysis of the medical and school records of eight-year-old children at monitoring sites across the country.

As such, it can miss children who are not receiving medical or special education services related to autism.

“The one in 45 estimate is not surprising and is likely a more accurate representation of autism prevalence in the United States,” said epidemiologist Michael Rosanoff, Autism Speaks director for public health research. “This means that 2 percent of children in the U.S. are living with autism. The earlier they

have access to care, services and treatment, the more likely they are to progress.”

The parent survey results are from the 2014 National Health Interview Survey. Conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, it’s the most in-depth survey of its kind in the United States. In all, more than 12,000 parents are interviewed on family health conditions. As part of the interview, one child in each family is randomly selected to be the subject of detailed questions on health and disabilities.

In part, the 2014 survey’s high autism prevalence number reflects changes in the order and wording of the survey’s questions, the authors say. They made these changes after noting that the questions on their 2011-2013 survey had likely confused parents and resulted in an underreporting of autism.

Indeed, the rewording and reordering of the questions produced a near doubling of reported autism diagnoses – from one in 80 in the 2011-2013 surveys to one in 45 in the 2014 survey.

The new numbers are more similar to those from another national parent survey – the 2013 National Survey of

Following the other developmental delay question, respondents were handled a notecard that contained the remaining nine condistions asked about in 2013. CDC/NCHS Children’s Health – which found an autism prevalence of one in 50.

In its effort to develop better methods for identifying autism and estimating prevalence, Autism Speaks has funded studies using active surveillance methods that go beyond parent reports and record reviews. In the first such study, in South Korea, researchers went into schools to screen children for autism.

They found a prevalence of 1 in 38

– with many of the children having gone previously undiagnosed.

Autism Speaks and the CDC have since collaborated to support a study testing the same active screening methods in a U.S. community. The results are expected in 2016.

“We need to better understand not only who has autism,” said Rosanoff, “but whether they are receiving the support they need and how we can ensure that they do receive it.”

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What’s the evidence mass surveillance works?

Current and former government officials have been pointing to the terror attacks in Paris as justification for mass surveillance programs.

CIA Director John Brennan (right) accused privacy advocates of “handwringing” that has made “our ability collectively internationally to find these terrorists much more challenging.” Former National Security Agency and CIA director Michael Hayden said, “In the wake of Paris, a big stack of metadata doesn’t seem to be the scariest thing in the room.”

Ultimately, it’s impossible to know just how successful sweeping surveillance has been, since much of the work is secret. But what has been disclosed so far suggests the programs have been of limited value.

Here’s a roundup of what we know.

An internal review of the Bush administration’s warrantless program – called Stellarwind – found it resulted in few useful leads from 2001–2004, and none after that. New York Times reporter Charlie Savage obtained the findings through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and published them in his new book, Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post– 9/11 Presidency: [The FBI general counsel] defined as useful those [leads] that made a substantive contribution to identifying a terrorist, or identifying a potential confidential informant.

Just 1.2 percent of them fit that category. In 2006, she conducted a comprehensive study of all the leads generated from the content basket of Stellarwind between March 2004 and January 2006 and discovered that zero of those had been useful.

In an endnote, Savage then added: The program was generating numerous tips to the FBI about suspicious phone numbers and e-mail addresses, and it was the job of the FBI field offices to pursue those leads and scrutinize the people behind them. (The tips were so frequent and such a waste of time that the field offices reported back, in frustration, “You’re sending us garbage.”)

In 2013, the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies analyzed terrorism cases from 2001 on, and determined that the NSA’s bulk collection of phone records “was not essential to preventing attacks.”

According to the group’s report,

In at least 48 instances, traditional surveillance warrants obtained from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court were used to obtain evidence through intercepts of phone calls and e-mails, said the researchers, whose results are in an online database.

More than half of the cases were initiated as a result of traditional investigative tools. The most common was a community or family tip to the authorities. Other methods included the use of informants, a suspicious-activity report filed by a business or community member to the FBI, or information turned up in investigations of non-terrorism cases.

Another 2014 report by the nonprofit New America Foundation echoed those conclusions. It described the government claims about the success of surveillance programs in the wake of the 9/11 attacks as “overblown and even misleading.”

An in-depth analysis of 225 individuals recruited by alQaeda or a like-minded group or inspired by al-Qaeda’s ideology, and charged in the United States with an act of terrorism since 9/11, demonstrates that traditional investigative methods, such as the use of informants, tips from local communities, and targeted intelligence operations, provided the initial impetus for investigations in the majority of cases, while the contribution of NSA’s bulk surveillance programs to these cases was minimal.

Edward Snowden’s leaks about the scope of the NSA’s surveillance system in the summer of 2013 put government officials on the defensive.

Many politicians and media outlets echoed the agency’s claim that it had successfully thwarted more than 50 terror attacks. ProPublica examined the claim and found “no evidence that the oft-cited figure is accurate.”

It’s impossible to assess the role NSA surveillance played in the 54 cases because, while the agency has provided a full list to Congress, it remains classified.

The NSA has publicly discussed four cases, and just one in which surveillance made a significant difference. That case involved a San Diego taxi driver named Basaaly Moalin, who sent $8,500 to the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab.

But even the details of that case are murky. From the Washington Post: In 2009, an FBI field intelligence group assessed that Moalin’s support for al-Shabab was not ideological.

Rather, according to an FBI document provided to his defense team, Moalin probably sent money to an al-Shabab leader out of “tribal affiliation” and to “promote his own status” with tribal elders.

Also in the months after the Snowden revelations, the Justice Department said publicly that it had used warrantless wiretapping to gather evidence in a criminal case against another terrorist sympathizer, which fueled ongoing

debates over the constitutionality of those methods. From the New York Times: Prosecutors filed such a notice late Friday in the case of Jamshid Muhtorov, who was charged in Colorado in January 2012 with providing material support to the Islamic Jihad Union, a designated terrorist organization based in Uzbekistan.

Muhtorov is accused of planning to travel abroad to join the militants and has pleaded not guilty. A criminal complaint against him showed that much of the government’s case was based on intercepted e-mails and phone calls.

Local police departments have also acknowledged the limitations of mass surveillance, as Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis did after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Federal authorities had received Russian intelligence reports about bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but had not shared this information with authorities in Massachusetts or Boston. During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Davis said, “There’s no computer that’s going to spit out a terrorist’s name. It’s the community being involved in the conversation and being appropriately open to communicating with law enforcement when something awry is identified. That really needs to happen and should be our first step.”

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Libraries will reopen on Saturday at 9 a.m. Waste management and residential recycling and trash collections will be delayed one day in observance of Thanksgiving Day There will be no collections on Thanksgiving Day. Thursday trash collection services will take place on Friday, Nov. 27. Friday trash collection services will take place on Saturday, Nov. 28.

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CFPB bill passes House vote Virginia congressmen, Gerald “Gerry” Connolly and Don Beyer are among 88 Democratic congressmen being critized for voting in favor of the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act bill. The House of Representatives recently voted to pass the bill 332-96.

Opponents of the bill contend that they voted to help banks and car dealerships discriminate against customers of color. Among those Democrats was Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).

Most dealerships are authorized to sell cars and make loans to finance the purchase. They send their customers’ financial information to a bank, which then sends the dealer an appropriate interest rate for a borrower with that particular credit profile. But banks also permit dealers to “mark up” the interest rate on the loan to a higher level, and allow the dealership to pocket some of the additional charge.

Opponents say that creates incentives for the dealer to charge people higher interest rates. But lawsuits dating back to the 1990s have shown that people of color are more likely to have their interest rates marked up than white borrowers. Black, Latino and Asian-American borrowers also tend to see higher markups than white borrowers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued regulatory guidance in 2013 instructing companies on how to cope with this phenomenon. Since the markup practice tends to result in overcharging borrowers of color, the CFPB recommended that banks and dealerships ditch the practice. If they didn’t, however, they needed to ensure that borrowers with similar credit profiles weren’t receiving different interest rates due to their race or national origin.

“H.R. 1737 would frustrate efforts to crack down on discriminatory auto lending practices,” noted the Center for Responsible Lending in July. “The bill places unnecessary restrictions

on CFPB oversight of auto lending, including interest rate markups that cost consumers tens of billions of dollars and have been found to violate fair lending practices through a differential impact on minority purchasers of automobiles. The restrictions in this bill do not exist for any other financial practice.”

Since issuing the guidance, the CFPB has taken action against Honda and Ally Bank for overcharging borrowers of color, forcing them to return more than $100 million to their customers.

This was apparently too much for banks and auto dealers to handle.

They lobbied for a bill that would nullify the CFPB’s regulatory move.

The NAACP, the Urban League, the National Council of La Raza, Americans for Financial Reform and other groups opposed the legislation.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus urged lawmakers to vote against it, as did Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the top-ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.

President Barack Obama issued a statement saying he “strongly opposes” the bill, but stopped short of a formal veto threat.

“None of the opposition was enough to counter two interest groups that wield tremendous power on Capitol Hill,” noted Zach Carter, who opposes the bill. “No Republicans voted against the bill to curb the CFPB’s enforcement of anti-discrimination law this week, while 88 Democrats voted in favor.

“The lopsided vote makes it a prime target for inclusion in a yearend government spending bill.”

In December 2014, Republicans secured a measure to subsidize risky Wall Street derivatives trading by including it in a bill to fund the government. Democrats would have had to shut down the government in order to reject the deregulation measure. At the time, then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) pointed to the dozens of votes the subsidy had received from Democrats as evidence that the provision should be considered uncontroversial.

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Due to dealers’ distinction as retailers, as well as the lack of accountability in the CFPB’s structure, there was broad bipartisan support in Congress to reject an attempt to place dealers under the purview of the CFPB.

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