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Blog Entries by Janell Ross from 11/2012

Subways, Tunnels Resume Partial Operation Following Hurricane Sandy Closures (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.01.2012 | New York
Read More: NYC Subways, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy Transit Crisis, Subways, Signals, Hurricane Sandy Subway Damage, Repairs, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Trains, Flooding, Buses, Subway Riders, Gridlock, Commuters, New York News

Several New York City subway lines will resume partial operations Thursday morning at 6 a.m. EDT and vehicle access to Manhattan will largely be restr...

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One Week After Sandy, New York Subway Returns At 80 Percent Service

Posted 11.05.2012 | New York
Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Subways, Hurricane Sandy Recovery, Hurricane Sandy Recovery Transit, Hurricane Sandy Damage, Michael Bloomberg, Mta, Subway System Working, Subway System Restored, New York News

When New York commissioned a 2011 study examining what might happen to New York City’s mass transit system if a hurricane struck, the findings were ...

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MTA To Dock Pay For Workers Absent During Sandy Shutdown

Posted 11.08.2012 | New York
Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Hurricane Sandy Transit Shutdown, Natural Disaster Work, Work Emergency, New York Subway, New York Buses, Mta, Hurricane Sandy Transit, Hurricane Sandy Disruptions, New York News

The MTA plans to dock two days’ worth of pay for hundreds of workers who failed to show up during Hurricane Sandy, the New York Daily News first rep...

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Mitt Romney Latino Loss Shows Republicans 'Have Been Their Own Worst Enemy'

Posted 11.11.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Mitt Romney Latino Loss, Lionel Sosa, Mitt Romney Hispanic, Mitt Romney Hispanics, Ronald Reagan, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Mitt Romney Hispanic Vote, Mitt Romney Latino Vote, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney Latino, Romney, Mitt Romney Latinos, Latino Voices News

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan was preparing for a White House reelection bid. A political ally suggested he summon Lionel Sosa, a Mexican American ...

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Latino Electorate Will Nearly Double In 20 Years, Pew Report Says

Posted 11.14.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latino Electorate Pew, Mark Hugo Lopez, Natural Disasters, Latino Political Power, Latino Vote, Latino Politics, Latino Electorate, Pew Hispanic Center, Latino Electorate Doubles, Latino Voices News

If last week’s election outcome stunned Mitt Romney's campaign and converted some Republicans to the orthodoxy of urgent and comprehensive immigrati...

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Voto latino se duplicará en 20 años, dice informe

Posted 11.15.2012 | Voces
Read More: Votantes Latinos, Voto Latino, Elecciones 2012, Video, Centro HIspano PEW, Politica, Pew Hispanic Center, Voces News

Si el resultado de las elecciones de la semana pasada asombró a la campaña de Mitt Romney y convenció a algunos republicanos de la urgencia de leg...

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Special Election To Replace Jesse Jackson Jr. Will Showcase New Urban Political Landscape

Posted 11.27.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Video, Urban Political Resort, David Bositis, Black Politics, Laura Washington, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Jesse Jackson Jr., Black Voters, Chicago, Urban Institute, Urban Politics, Illinois-2nd-District, Minority Voter Coalition, Black Voices News

In 2011, as Illinois politicians redrew congressional district maps, they exercised a power grab that was intended to protect those already in office ...

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Achieve Act, House Bill Leave Immigration Reform Activists Unimpressed

Posted 11.30.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Immigration Reform, Stem, Video, Citizen4Me Dating Site Dreamers, Latino Politics, Immigration Reform Reaction, Latino Voters, Achieve Act, Achieve Act John Kyl, citizen4me, Stem-Visa-Act, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John Kyl, Latino Voices News

If Republicans have been waiting for a post-election week in which immigration reform was somewhere near the top of the national agenda, this may be t...

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