How to Fix the Judge Salary Problem
By Richard G. Reinis As posted on The Huffington Post For too long, federal judicial salaries have been stagnant. Repetitive efforts to raise them have become so politically charged that merely the suggestion of legislation to raise salaries at this time is wishful thinking. But ignoring this problem now, during America’s worst economic crisis since [...]
Arizona’s Immigration Law: Racial Profiling at Its Worst as 10 States Explore Copycat Legislation
By Louis Provenzano Language Line Services, LLC As posted on The Huffington Post Scrutiny of Arizona’s new immigration law SB1070 continues to heat up with everyone from President Obama to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, even Republican candidate for Senate Marco Rubio in Florida denouncing it while at the same time legislators in at least [...]
College Students Must Make Real Change as Economic Literacy at All-Time Low
By Clare Morgan nFinanSe Inc. As posted on The Huffington Post As National Financial Literacy Month comes to a close, young adults remain vulnerable to the traps of poor financial management in record numbers with 45 percent of college students with more than $3,000 in credit card debt. The number of college students who drop [...]
NAWBO-LA holds 24th Annual Leadership and Legacy Awards Luncheon, honors first man
By Jane Pak As posted on The Huffington Post Every year, for the past 24 years, NAWBO-LA has held the Leadership and Legacy Awards Luncheon – the largest awards ceremony honoring the best of the best in the women’s business community. Past honorees include some pretty incredible people – Jane Wurwand: Founder of Dermalogica, Peggy [...]
Misclassification of Workers Puts Courts, Due Process in Jeopardy for Limited English Speakers Here Legally
By Louis Provenzano President of Language Line Services As posted on The Huffington Post. The federal Civil Rights Act requires state courts that receive federal funds (virtually all of them) to provide properly-credentialed interpreters in all civil and criminal cases of limited English proficient (LEP) individuals here legally in the United States. The constitutional guarantees [...]
Secrets Students Should Know: If You Want To Be Poor, Dropout; If You Want To Be Rich, Study Economics
By Jim Charkins Executive Director of the California Council on Economic Education As posted on The Huffington Post Teenagers, You should be very angry. I mean very angry. The adults of your world have let you down and let you down in an incredibly important area…education. They didn’t mean to do it but they have [...]
Not All Interpretation Services Are Created Equal
By Louis Provenzano President of Language Line Services As posted on The Huffington Post As a result of the devastating earthquake that recently hit Haiti, roughly 40,000 Haitian immigrants will soon arrive in the United States, mainly for medical treatment. However, they’ll be going into areas where their native language, Haitian Creole, will act as [...]
