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12.2 million Latinos are expected to cast ballots
While Latino turnout is poised to reach historic heights this November, more than 12.2 million Latinos are expected to cast ballots, Latino voters are still facing significant obstacles. In recent years, these obstacles have taken the form of restrictive state voting laws and procedures that make .... |
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Affirmative Action: Our collective best interest
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments last week in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that will impact a generation of Latinos and other young people of color seeking higher education. An adverse ruling by the justices—one declaring race-conscious admission policies unconstitution.... |
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Small Business: Initiatives that build
President Obama believes that entrepreneurs and small businesses are engines of innovation and economic growth and are at the forefront of the nation's economic recovery. This is why the Obama Administration has worked to enact 18 small business tax cuts and numerous measures to help more small bu.... |
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Voter ID: Demobilizing youth of color
Election turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000 voters in states with new photo ID laws, a decline potentially impacting presidential contests in the battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania, according to a.... |
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People of color will not tolerate voter suppression
With a pivotal Presidential election just weeks away, local and national organizations are working around the clock to make sure people are registered and get out their vote on November 6th.
At the local level, Colorado voters have recently become victims of voter suppression tactics, and by Sec.... |
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Forward policies versus backward ideals
Mitt Romney’s campaign is in damage control mode this week, trying to explain Romney telling wealthy donors in a private meeting that “there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the President no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon governm.... |
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Economic contribution of immigrants in Colorado
Debates about the economic and fiscal benefits and drawbacks of immigrants typically oversimplify the role that immigrants play in our economy. When one looks more closely, they will find that the impact that immigrants (or any group for that matter) have on the economy is multifaceted and complex.... |
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Democratic Party 2012 Platform
The Democratic Party Platform reflects President Obama’s vision for the future. Meanwhile, the Republican Party, led by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, approved a platform that supports the same top-down economic policies that hurt the middle class and embraces extreme positions on issues and policies .... |
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Racial inequities in school spending continues
When it comes to spending on the education of our children, students of color are being shortchanged, according to the Center for American Progress’s latest education report, “Unequal Education: Federal Loophole Enables Lower Spending on Students of Color.”
Nearly 60 years after the 1954 landmark.... |
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Latinos are driving force in demographic change
Our country is rapidly changing. As we approach the year 2050, our nation will be increasingly more diverse, and Latinos will be one of the forces driving this demographic change. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population estimate, there are roughly 50.5 million Hispanics representing ab.... |
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Deadline to request foreclosure review extended
Borrowers seeking a review of their mortgage foreclosures under the federal banking agencies' Independent Foreclosure Review now have until December 31, 2012, to submit their requests.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fe.... |
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Guidelines for requesting Deferred Action
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released important details about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process this week, which will temporarily allow some eligible youth to go to school and work without fear of deportation.
Individuals who demonstrate that they .... |
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Voter photo ID laws having harsh impact
If no one provides him with a ride, José Zuniga, 83-years old and wheelchair-bound, would have to take two or three buses and travel 20 miles to reach the nearest south Texas government office that could issue the new photo ID he will need to vote in upcoming elections.
Zuniga is one of a partic.... |
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Managing distress in the aftermath of a shooting
You may be struggling to understand how a shooting could occur and why such a terrible thing would happen. There may never be satisfactory answers to these questions.
We do know, though, that it is typical for people to experience a variety of emotions following such a traumatic event. These fee.... |
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Have you had enough?
I want to make an offer to my fellow Americans who are, like myself, reeling from the worst “random” shooting the country has ever seen. My question: Have you had enough? Because if you have, I can tell you how to stop this kind of madness. I know that’s a bold claim, but this is not a time for sm.... |
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