Tuesday, March 30, 2010

U.S.: Restrictions Undercut Legal Aid Fund for the Poor

from IPS news service. The class war continues in the form of denial of legal protections for poor people.
For the past 14 years, the non-profit company set up by the U.S. Congress to provide legal services for the poor has been forced to short-change the needy because of severe government restrictions on how it can use its funding, critics charge.