Improving access to stable housing is critical to supporting successful reentry of the formerly incarcerated. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development needs to provide stronger guidance to help minimize exclusions of those with criminal records from public housing.

On Monday the Supreme Courtstruck down key provisions of Arizona's controversial S.B. 1070 immigration law. Though the court only allowed one provision of the law to stand, the remaining provision will exact a human cost on people throughout the state of Arizona.

Increasing fees and forcing defenders to lobby against the interests of the very people they represent is the wrong way to fund public defenders' offices.

State governors and legislators should use money from the national foreclosure settlement fund for foreclosure prevention. Diverting that money into other budget areas will hurt state economies, and will do nothing to help the people who need assistance today.