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Devastating effect of repeal for Latinos
Rep. Xavier Becerra, Dr. Elena Ríos National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), and a beneficiary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) held a press conference this week to discuss the adverse affects the Republican repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have on Latinos.
Rather than focusing .... |
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IRS Free File
IRS Free File opens today, Jan. 14, to start its ninth year of helping make taxes a little less taxing.
Everyone can use Free File, the free way to prepare and e-file federal taxes either through brand-name software or online fillable forms. Individuals or families with 2010 adjusted gross income.... |
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A mixed year for Latinos across the US
Overall, 2010 was a tough year for Latinos. While it brought many hardships, there was also some hopeful news.
The U.S. economy has stabilized over the last 12 months in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Nevertheless, millions of jobs lost over the past two years have not returned. This is .... |
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Confirmed!
After virtually a two-year process, attorney Bill Martinez was confirmed on Tuesday (Dec. 21) to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The vacancy Martínez will fill is one of two on the District Court for Colorado, both of which are rated as judicial emergencies by the Administra.... |
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Construction: ‘What’s happening is unprecedented’
The day David Martínez found himself living in a car with his wife and infant daughter, storing the child’s milk in a small cooler with ice and asking local churches for food, he experienced a shame so deep that the remembrance of it still causes him to choke up.
"The worst thing was seeing my da.... |
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Sec. Solis seeks migrant worker partnerships
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis recently met with Ambassadors from Central American and Caribbean countries to begin conversations about partnerships to keep workers safe and protect their rights under federal labor laws. She was joined by Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, who described that c.... |
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Call for Latinos to vote for respect on November 2nd
At a press conference last week, a coalition of national Latino organizations issued an urgent call to Latino voters—who are likely to be key factors in several highly contested elections across the nation—to participate in the upcoming midterm election.
“We are urging Latino voters to take a s.... |
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New poll highlights Latino voter influences
As Congress breaks and the 2010 campaigns heat up, political observers are wondering how the immigration debate in Washington, DC and across the country will impact the mid-term elections. Tracking polling by Latino Decisions is showing small but clear movement toward the Democrats, in the wake o.... |
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Eliseo Medina: New challenge
Recently, Eliseo Medina was unanimously elected as International Secretary-Treasurer of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union. Medina is the first Latino to serve in the position.
"Forty-five years ago tomorrow, I walked in to a church as a 19 year-old grape picker having .... |
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Support for Military Homeowners
At an event last week at the Pentagon, Fannie Mae and the U.S. Army announced new initiatives to help service members who are struggling with their mortgage payments avoid foreclosure. The effort includes a mortgage payment forbearance of up to six months where the death or injury of a service m.... |
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Latino heritage: A source of pride
Editor’s Note: U.S Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis led a Presidential delegation to attend the Bicentennial of México last week. She along with guests, attended a number of cultural events and meet with México’s President Felipe Calderón. As part of her visit she recorded “diary” of.... |
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Where else can they survive?
Some days the only people she serves are wayward journalists and well meaning volunteers come down to south Louisiana after the nations worst oil spill. Some days not even the journalists or volunteers come. The locals have long since abandoned her restaurant.
In the early afternoon Lois Salinas,.... |
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Katrina pain index: Five years later
It was five years since Katrina on August 29. The impact of Katrina is quite painful for regular people in the area. This article looks at what has happened since Katrina not from the perspective of the higher ups looking down from their offices but from the street level view of the people — a vie.... |
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Secure Communities: ‘Governor has choice to make’
Last week, representatives of victims, law enforcement officers, human rights, and immigrant rights groups held a telephonic press briefing addressing their concerns with the implementation of the Secure Communities program in Colorado.
Perhaps the most hard-hitting testimony came from Jasmine, a.... |
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Health care repeal will cost small business
Conservatives’ efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have dire consequences for small business owners and their employees. That’s because small businesses are big beneficiaries of health care reforms that will help make health coverage more affordable, thus preserv.... |
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