Karl Rove: More White Votes Alone Won't Save the GOP
By KARL ROVE CONNECT As immigration reform grinds its way through the U.S. Senate, the main focus has rightly been on the legislation's policy consequences. But there are important political...
View ArticleBP Settlement Dispute Challenges Payouts Following Gulf Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With an ad blitz and a tersely worded letter, BP is mounting an increasingly aggressive campaign to challenge what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses...
View ArticleMario Moreno Bernat Dead: Body Of Cantinflas' Grandson Found In Mexican Hotel
Mario Moreno Bernat, grandson of Mario Moreno Cantinflas, was found dead in a hotel room in the state of Mexico early Monday morning, local media report. Authorities say he was found hanging. The body...
View ArticleUS Senate Poised to Approve Landmark Immigration Reform
Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. Senate is poised to approve a landmark overhaul of America’s immigration laws. A vote could come late Thursday or Friday. On Wednesday, the Senate formally...
View ArticleAn Anti-Immigrant Bill Masked as Reform
On Monday, 67 senators voted for cloture on Hoeven-Corker, a “border security” amendment to the immigration reform bill. The vote virtually guarantees that immigration reform will pass in the Senate....
View ArticleRight-wing "Civil War" Over Immigration: Free Republic vs. The Wall Street...
The Republicans are in disarray. Last week, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial called "America's Assimilating Hispanics." Here's the WSJ's main argument: "As immigration reform moves...
View ArticleLegislation by Panic
Defending the "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill on Fox News Sunday, Senator Lindsay Graham sounded the bleat of panic: "If it fails, and we are blamed for its failure, our party is in trouble...
View ArticleJan Brewer: Immigration Bill 'A Victory For Arizona'
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) said Sunday she supports the comprehensive immigration reform bill being considered by Congress, a significant move from a governor who passed one of the harshest...
View ArticlePatience for Reopening Latino Cultural Space Is Gone
The Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, a city-owned building in East Harlem, has long been an important hub for the neighborhood’s Latino population. Named after a renowned Puerto Rican poet, the...
View ArticleMinnesota man sentenced in North Dakota to 10 years in federal prison for...
(Source: ICE - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) June 24, 2013 Minnesota man sentenced in North Dakota to 10 years in federal prison for running multi-state drug conspiracy One of 30 others who...
View ArticleHow Republicans Plan to Exploit the Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision (DGA...
(Source: DGA - Democratic Governors Association) How Republicans Plan to Exploit the Court's Voting Rights Act Decision June 26, 2013 The Supreme Court recently struck down a key part of the Voting...
View ArticleFEMEN Activists Freed After Tunisia Topless Protest
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Three European feminist activists who were jailed after a topless courthouse protest in Tunisia last month were freed overnight after a court lifted their prison sentence. They left...
View ArticlePBS airs 'Rape in the Fields'
A powerful new TV documentary opens with woman after woman, all farmworkers, talking about being sexually harassed, abused and raped by bosses in the fields. They say it's the hidden price they pay to...
View ArticleMarissa Mayer Hit On by Investor at First Yahoo Shareholder Meeting
Marissa Mayer attempted Tuesday to walk investors through Yahoo's new products and overall business strategy in her first shareholder meeting as CEO of the company, but one investor appeared less...
View ArticleImmigration Is a Personal Matter
When the chance arose at the New America Alliance to address the economic value of immigration in a personal way, I was quick to volunteer my story. After all, I have been a typical American community...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Announces New Members of its National Advisory Committee on...
Download image U.S. Census Bureau Logo. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Census Bureau) WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today announced 10 new members of its National...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Names Ann Morning to National Advisory Committee on Racial,...
Download image U.S. Census Bureau Logo. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Census Bureau) WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today announced 10 new members of its National...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Names Advancing Justice-Asian American Justice Center to...
Download image U.S. Census Bureau Logo. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Census Bureau) WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today announced 10 new members of its National...
View ArticleBus 'Em to the Border
No, the headline of this piece does not refer to undocumented immigrants. I'm talking about Congress: the men and women who are right now deciding the future of the United States via immigration...
View ArticleNYPD Commissioner Calls Oversight Bills Misguided
NEW YORK — New York City's police commissioner on Thursday called the City Council's move to impose new oversight on the department misguided, and the mayor vowed to fight the measure. Connect With Us...
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