“The lack of counsel at magistration fatally undermines the fairness of criminal proceedings in Travis County,” states the federal lawsuit. 

#AbolishPoliceAbolishPrisons #PovertyIsExpensive
#BipaertisanShreddedSafetyNet

https://www.texasobserver.org/travis-county-magistration-aclu/

In Travis County, a Fight over Bail Hearings Has Big Stakes for Criminal Defendants

Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU wants to change that.

The Texas Observer

#BipaertisanShreddedSafetyNet: The transfer between boomers and their kids will be the “largest flow of generational capital ever seen in the history of humanity,” author and investor Ken Costa told the Big Issue last year... Soaring house prices are partly to blame for the inequality.

#InstitutionalizedPoverty

https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/30-year-olds-10000-citizens-inheritance-tory-peer/

#MoneyToLevelApartmentsInGazaAndBuildSettlementsButAffordableHousingIsBroke

Should all 30-year-olds get a £10,000 ‘citizens inheritance’? This Tory peer thinks so

The government should give all 30 year-olds a £10,000 “citizens inheritance” to tackle wealth inequality, a Tory peer has urged.

The Big Issue

#BipaertisanShreddedSafetyNet: Welcome to retirement American style, where retirement is work. (91 year old) Glover’s was not the only GoFundMe retirement. Earlier that year, 82-year-old Walmart cashier Butch Marion retired, thanks to a GoFundMe campaign.
These outpourings of generosity are not feel-good stories; they reveal America’s severely broken national retirement system.

#GenocideTaxForeverWarDivestsFromYouthHousingFoodCleanAirAndWaterMedicareForAll 
#GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/opinion-longer-no-solution-people-110032859.html

Opinion: 'Work longer' is no solution for people who can't afford to retire

When a 91-year-old grocery clerk can't retire without a GoFundMe campaign, the nation has a serious problem. We know how to fix it.

Yahoo Finance