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[48] Lewis said that ACORN's annual budget had been reduced from $25 million to $4 million, and that its staff of 350 to 600 people had been reduced to four. [48] Lewis explained the controversy had left a stain on ACORN, "sort of like a scarlet letter." It had forced the group to spend money to respond to "one investigation after another." [48]
ACORN sued the United States Government in the United States District Court in Brooklyn over the measure, known as the "Defund ACORN Act", claiming it was a bill of attainder, and therefore unconstitutional. Experts varied on the merit of the case, which was styled ACORN v. United States. One argument was that while government funding choices ...
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is an international collection of autonomous community-based organizations that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.
In 2009, Project Veritas associates published misleading [2] videos that depicted ACORN employees providing advice on concealing illegal activity, causing ACORN to shut down after losing funding; [3] the Attorney General of California cleared ACORN of wrongdoing in 2010, [2] and the associates paid a total of $150,000 in settlements to an ACORN ...
Richard Dreyfuss' controversial remarks at a "Jaws" screening in Massachusetts on Saturday have prompted the venue that hosted the event to apologize about the Oscar winner's "distressing and ...
The movie has also received backlash for its trans representation. Viewers have shared dismay that "Emilia" is the film getting the spotlight for transgender representation, versus underseen films ...
O'Keefe first gained national attention for his selectively edited video recordings of workers at Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) offices in 2009, his arrest and misdemeanor guilty plea in 2010 for entering the federal office of then-U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) under false pretenses, and the release of ...
Backlash has been building against the popular DIY couple after it was revealed they attend a church that is anti-gay.