10 ideas for equal justice, 2012

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Congratulations to

Marielle DeJong & Katherine Reilly,authors of

Combat Injustice or Native American Women

By Improving Tribal Law Enorcement

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Financial Disclosure for

Nonprofits Engaging in Political ActivityAli Anderson, Mount Holyoke CollegeThe Federal Elecion Commission (FEC) should esablish nancial disclosure require-

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Making Healthy Food Accessible For Everyone

in New York CityEmily Apple, Hunter College

To give all New Yorkers equal access o healhy, aordable ood, all New York Ciy

residens should have an agriculural communiy garden wihin a 1-mile radius o heirhome where hey may purchase low cos ruis and vegeables wih cash, credi orEBT cards.

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Tax Deductions to End Chronic HomelessnessArjun Bhattacharya, University o North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The local and sae governmens o Norh Carolina should implemen ax deducionsor local businesses ha hire homeless individuals o help end chronic homelessnessin Norh Carolina.

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Combating Injustice for Native American Women

By Improving Tribal Law EnforcementMarielle DeJong and Katherine ReillyUniversity o North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To comba he high rae o sexual assaul o Naive American women, unding shouldbe reallocaed o ribal law enorcemen agencies o provide vicim suppor and osercommunicaion beween ribal and ed-eral invesigaors.

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Vote By Mail:

A Way to Improve Low Turnout ElectionsMichael Francus, University o Chicago

Adding a Voe By Mail opion in low urnou elecions would grealy increase parici-

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Banning the Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners:

A Case for Human RightsStephan Grabner and Laura BarriosUniversity o North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Congress should prohibi he shackling o emale inmaes in heir hird rimeser opregnancy and during acive labor in all U.S. correcional aciliies. A sandardizedraining program should be creaed or all correcional ofcers who work wih inmaesduring labor, delivery, and posnaal recovery.

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Implementing Alternatives to Detention

for Asylum SeekersKelsey Jost-Creegan, University o North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Immigraion and Cusoms Enorcemen should shi is model when processing non-

criminal asylum seekers so as o assume Alernaives o Deenion as he rs-line re-sponse and o require ha use o deenion be jusied by esablishing ha an asylumseeker consiues a naional securiy risk or a high risk o absconding.

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Achieving Equity in Tax-Benefit Structures:

Grossing-Up for Domestic PartnersErik Lampmann, University o Richmond

Employers should change heir LGBTQ prioriies o include he absorpion o an add-

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Ending Employment Discrimination in OhioCecille Murray, University o Chicago

Ohio should pass a law prevening discriminaion in he workplace on he basis osexual orienaion or gender ideniy.

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Incentivizing Food Donation by Non-profitsBen Simon, Fan Wu, John Ford, May Bayomi, and Eric SpearsUniversity o Maryland

To encourage non-pro organizaions o donae surplus ood o agencies serving he

hungry and homeless, saes should esablish an incenive or hese non-pros byreimbursing hem wih 10 percen o he oods worh. Doing so will resul in wase re-ducion, environmenal benes, and a nespending decrease on social programs.

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