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Connecting the Dots on Americans for Prosperitynew

The right-wing group Americans for Prosperity protested financial reform advocates, the Center for Responsible Lending, in Durham last week. Now the Indy untangles AFP's web of conservative cohorts.
INDY Week  |  Samiha Khanna and Lisa Sorg  |  04-29-2010  |  Policy Issues

Sweepstakes Cafes: A Rip-Off Coming to Your Low-Income Neighborhoodnew

Since a state law passed last year created the loopholes, sweepstakes cafes have flourished throughout North Carolina. Yet that these businesses are opening is less notable than where they're opening—many of them in low-income and/or minority neighborhoods where people have little to spend and a lot to lose
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg and Joe Schwartz  |  02-25-2010  |  Policy Issues

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