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Innovator Wins Award for Creating Technology To Help People Raise Bail Money

Innovator Wins Award for Creating Technology To Help People Raise Bail Money

Ben McFarlin, founder, Chief Technology Officer and CEO of Atlanta –based Help Bond Me, Inc. has been using technology to drive justice reform through a platform that allows pretrial detainees to connect with family members, friends and followers via social media to raise bail money.

Fixing the Economy

Fixing the Economy

Believe it or not, there’s one aspect of Barack Obama’s ascendance to the White House that’s rarely noted. He is one of a few Americans who entered 2009 looking forward to a bigger home and a higher-paying job. Little more than a week before Barack Obama took office, the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had risen to 7.2% in December, its highest level in 16 years. And that was just the beginning.

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