Joey LeMay

Joey LeMay is a former MintPress Staff Writer. He has worked in the newspaper industry as an editor, editorial board member and award-winning editorial writer.

Bigger In Texas: Huge Lawsuit Sees 600 School Districts Sue State Over Funding

(MintPress) – Alleged disparities in public education funding have launched a hotly contested lawsuit in Texas that shows around 600 school districts challenging the state’s school finance system. The districts argue that drastic reductions in funding made during the 2011 Texas Legislature were made without accounting for an influx of students and disproportionately hurt already-poorer districts. […]

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Fifteen lawyers representing six different plaintiff groups crowded one side of the Travis County courtroom of state District Judge John Dietz on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 in Austin, Texas. to launch the sweeping school finance trial involving about two-thirds of Texas school districts. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera)

(MintPress) – Alleged disparities in public education funding have launched a hotly contested lawsuit in Texas that shows around 600 school districts challenging the state’s school finance system. The districts argue that drastic reductions in funding made during the 2011 Texas Legislature were made without accounting for an influx of students and

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Reforming The Prison System: Encouraging College Graduation Vs. Recidivism

(MintPress) – At one of the most well known prisons in the United States, a growing number of prisoners are entering the corrections facility as inmates, but leaving with a college degree. Thanks to the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison in California, inmates at the institution can choose to spend their time […]

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Michael Fauci, middle, Josh Hinman, left Jason Peters, right listen to a lesson during a class at the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Conn., on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Thomas Cain)

(MintPress) - At one of the most well known prisons in the United States, a growing number of prisoners are entering the corrections facility as inmates, but leaving with a college degree. Thanks to the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison in California, inmates at the institution can choose to spend their time obtaining an

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Future Hurricane Predictions Spell Trouble For Disaster Relief Organizations

(MintPress) – New research may have just potentially put added pressure on disaster relief agencies. According to a study from the Niels Bohr Institute, when the climate shows signs of warming – as the trend has shown in recent years – the tendency of cyclone and hurricane development increases. For the United States, that could […]

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Charles Tiger is pictured during an interview in his FEMA trailer home in Little Axe, Okla., Thursday, June 16, 2011. Nearly six years after the hurricane, the mobile homes that became a symbol of the government's failed response are finally being put to good use. FEMA has quietly given many of them away to American Indian tribes that are in desperate need of affordable housing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

(MintPress) – New research may have just potentially put added pressure on disaster relief agencies. According to a study from the Niels Bohr Institute, when the climate shows signs of warming – as the trend has shown in recent years – the tendency of cyclone and hurricane development increases. For the United States, that could mean a growing

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Billboard Exemplifies Attacks On Voting Rights Of Minorities And Low-Income Individuals

“There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today. Why should we disenfranchise people forever once they’ve paid their price?”– Former president Bill Clinton (MintPress) – An online civil rights […]

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Screen capture from YouTube video "Voter fraud billboard in Cleveland, Ohio." (Photo/drsnobby via YouTube)

“There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today. Why should we disenfranchise people forever once they’ve paid their price?”– Former president Bill Clinton (MintPress) – An online civil rights group is calling for the

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Newspapers Endorsing Political Candidates: Media Bias Or A Generator Of Dialogue?

(MintPress) – In Sunday’s edition of the Winston-Salem Journal, the newspaper’s editorial board gave President Barack Obama its full endorsement for November’s upcoming election. It was the first time since 1964 that the publication gave the nod to a Democrat – Lyndon Johnson at the time. But political endorsements by media publications come with a varying degree […]

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Newspaper vendor Rebecca Steele, adds to the stack of copies of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer at First & Pike News in downtown Seattle Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

(MintPress) – In Sunday’s edition of the Winston-Salem Journal, the newspaper’s editorial board gave President Barack Obama its full endorsement for November’s upcoming election. It was the first time since 1964 that the publication gave the nod to a Democrat – Lyndon Johnson at the time. But political endorsements by media publications come with a

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Anonymous Criticizes WikiLeaks’ Ethos After Instituting Paywall

(MintPress) – Online hacktivist organization Anonymous, a longtime ally of disclosure website WikiLeaks, has come out against the controversial publishing trove after WikiLeaks placed its data behind a paywall. While WikiLeaks has not offered reasoning behind its move, its official Twitter page noted that the group is dealing with “high costs in military courts” – something […]

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addresses a meeting via videolink from Ecuador's London embassy during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

(MintPress) – Online hacktivist organization Anonymous, a longtime ally of disclosure website WikiLeaks, has come out against the controversial publishing trove after WikiLeaks placed its data behind a paywall. While WikiLeaks has not offered reasoning behind its move, its official Twitter page noted that the group is dealing with “high costs in

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Reddit, Social Media Continue To Be Large Part Of Presidential Campaigns

(MintPress) — When President Barack Obama came away victorious from the 2008 presidential elections over John McCain, he did so with decided support among young voters — to the tune of 66 percent in the 18-29 demographic. Because of his strong showing among that population, Obama’s social networking efforts were assailed as innovative and a major […]

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President Barack Obama looks over to a group of supporters after walking off stage at a campaign event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

(MintPress) — When President Barack Obama came away victorious from the 2008 presidential elections over John McCain, he did so with decided support among young voters — to the tune of 66 percent in the 18-29 demographic. Because of his strong showing among that population, Obama’s social networking efforts were assailed as innovative and a major

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