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Michelle Obama's Denver Visit: First Lady Speaks To Young Girls About Mentoring, Hard Work

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Christina Romer, White House, Lisa Jackson, Michelle Obama, Hilda Solis, Susan Sarandon, Fran Drescher, Besty Markey, Women of Excellence Mentoring and Leadership Initiatve, Slideshow, Kathleen Seveluis, Dianna Degette, Denver, Denver News

DENVER — First lady Michelle Obama doesn't put much stock in standardized tests. "Don't let those tests defeat you. Don't let those tests define ...

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Mrs. Obama, What About Our Boys?

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Girls, Lisa Jackson, Michelle Obama, Hilda Solis, Kathleen Sebelius, Susan Sarandon, Fran Drescher, Parenting, Denver Public Schools, Feminism, Dps, Denver News
Jessica Corry

As Michelle Obama touched down in Denver to promote her efforts to connect students with mentors, she declined to invite one population that could most benefit: our city's neglected boys.

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This Labor Day, Is the World of Work a More Secure and Lawful Place?

Nelson Lichtenstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Hilda Solis, Work, Restaurants, Labor Day, Obama, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Politics News
Nelson Lichtenstein

It has happened before. The Great Depression saw the moral and ideological collapse of an old order that no longer seemed rational, productive or democratic.

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Natural Gas Takes Center Stage in Las Vegas

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Roger Staubach, Bill Clinton, T. Boone Pickens, Stephen Chu, Hilda Solis, John Woolard, Denise Bode, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Stephanie Burns, NAT GAS Act, Harry Reid, Wesley Clark, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

We are all singing from the same songbook. America has more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil. But we've got to put it to work for us.

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Behind The Scenes With Obama's Cabinet (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, Kathleen Sebelius, Hilda Solis, Tim Geithner, Barack Obama's Cabinet, Arne Duncan, Ken Salazar, Nancy Sutley, Obama's Cabinet, Ray Lahood, Politics News

Cabinet members: they're more than just bureaucratic figureheads. They will also paint your house, fertilize your lawn and serve you lunch, as reveale...

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Labor Secretary Issues Outraged Letter Over Defaced Gay Pride Posters

The New York Times | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Hilda Solis, Bias, President Obama, Labor Department, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Caucus, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Lbgt, Gay Pride, Hilda Solis Labor Secretary, Politics News

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis issued a warning letter to departmental employees late last week, after posters celebrating Gay Pride Month hanging in 35 ...

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How Obama Will Keep Michigan Blue in 2010

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Budget, Gop, John McCain, Sonia Sotomoayor, John Cherry, Gm, 2010 Election, Reagan Democrats, Government Spending, Macomb County, Anderson Cooper, Joe Biden, Stimulus, Ray Lahood, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Gary Locke, Pork-Barrel Spending, Oakland County, Michigan Republican Party, Unemployment, Hilda Solis, Jennifer Granholm, Sean Hannity, Michigan, Glenn Beck, Rust Belt, Recovery Act, Dennis Darnoi, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

If the Republicans win the governorship here, the national media will trumpet that as an Important Trend. And a sign of the president's impending doom in 2012.

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Young and Running for Office: A Story from East L.A.

David D. Burstein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emanuel Pleitez, Elections, Politics, Latino, Hilda Solis, Youth Vote, Youth, Civic Engagement, David Burstein, Facebook, Ethnic-Politics, News, Barack Obama, Los Angeles-California, Politics News
David D. Burstein

Embodying the millennial spirit of pragmatic idealism, Pleitez is running a campaign predicated on listening and engaging people at the grassroots level.

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Obama Gets Gender Right in First 100 Days: Women in Top Spots, Policies Signal Shift toward Equality

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: White-House-Council-on-Women-and-Girls, Women's Rights, Abortion Global Gag Rule, Melody Barnes, Hilda Solis, Women's Issues, First 100 Days, Lisa Jackson EPA, Obama First 100 Days, Equal Rights, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Economic Recovery, Hillary Clinton, Cabinet Appointments, Women-and-Public-Policy, 100 Days, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

What is also significant is about Obama's appointments is that more than half are women of color -- this is more than any other president in the history of the country.

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March Madness in the White House: NCAA Picks from Obama, Clinton, Biden, and More

Carlos Watson | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2009 Ncaa Tournament, March Madness, Hillary Clinton, Reggie Love, Tim Geithner, Barack Obama, Hilda Solis, Tom Daschle, Obama Ncaa Bracket, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Politics News
Carlos Watson

The president has already announced his Final Four, but who do you think his cabinet members and advisers picked to win the championship? Like most of us, they'll decide with their hearts.

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Congratulations Hilda Solis!

Bettina Duval | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Bettina Duval

Hilda Solis's story, like President Obama's, is emblematic of the way America can and should work for gifted and hardworking public servants who come from humble beginnings.

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Obama Administration Vows To "Break The Destructive Cycle" Of Job Loss

news.yahoo.com | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilda Solis, Fridays Job Report, Obama and Job Loss, Unemployment Figures, Obama Administration, Politics News

The Obama administration says it will do what is necessary to "break the destructive cycle" of job loss and put Americans back to work. Labor Secre...

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The Big Lie about the Employee Free Choice Act

Gerald McEntee | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Ceos, Rick Berman, Middle Class, Unions, Afscme, Hilda Solis, Democrats Efca, Efca, Obama, Unions Hilda Solis, Union Officials Efca, Afl-Cio Efca, Union Efca, Economic Recovery, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

America's top CEOs have declared their top legislative priority for 2009 -- to scuttle the bipartisan legislation that would restore workers' freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

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Obama's Next Gauntlet: Reviving the Middle Class

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Economic Recovery, Obama, Unions, Economy, Hilda Solis, Afl-Cio Efca, Union Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Democrats Efca, Unions Hilda Solis, Union Officials Efca, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The campaign on EFCA will be fierce. Gaining 60 votes won't be easy. The business community will go all out, claiming that strong unions will ruin America, trample workers' freedoms, drive jobs abroad. But we've tried an economy with weak unions -- and that didn't work out so well. Obama is right to tee this up early even as he struggles to get the economy moving, to get the financial system reorganized, to move on health care and new energy. This is a fight that citizens across the country should join. It will be a critical building block of the new economy that we must construct from the ashes of the old.

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Sam Stein

SEIU's Stern: Solis' Absence Hurt Workers On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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One of the nation's most prominent union leaders says that working Americans were deprived a voice during the debate over the stimulus package and hou...

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Sam Stein

Hilda Solis Confirmed As Labor Secretary By Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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One of the final members of President Obama's Cabinet, his nominee for Labor Secretary, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 80 to 17. ...

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Sam Stein

Solis To Be Confirmed By Up-Or-Down Vote Tuesday Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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The long and dramatic confirmation of Hilda Solis to serve as Labor Secretary is coming to an end tonight, it seems. Republicans in the Senate just ...

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Sam Stein

Unions Plan EFCA Push As Solis Nears Confirmation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, is set to be confirmed by the Senate a week from Tuesday. In the meantime, some...

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Will Hilda Solis Arrest "Wage Theft" CEOs? Lessons from L.A.'s Car Wash Bust

Art Levine | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Hilda Solis, Wage Theft, Carwash Prosecution, Los Angeles City Attorney, Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Art Levine

Union activists hope that when Hilda Solis is confirmed as Labor Secretary, she'll take some cues from the innovative, tough-minded prosecution in Los Angeles.

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Sam Stein

Hilda Solis Confirmation Appears Certain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration expressed confidence on Wednesday that one of the few remaining holes in its cabinet would be filled shortly. The nomination...

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What An Outrage: Obama Nominates a Pro-Worker Labor Secretary

Steve Rosenthal | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilda Solis, Labor Unions, Obama Labor Secretary, Labor Department, Obama Cabinet, Secretary of Labor, Labor, Economy, Politics News
Steve Rosenthal

Hilda Solis will work tirelessly to help strengthen one of America's greatest assets, its labor force, and her nomination deserves to move forward and be confirmed quickly. America needs to get to work.

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GOP Won't Derail Solis Nomination Over Husband's Taxes

Politico | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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Republicans aren't going to derail Labor Secretary-nominee Hilda Solis' nomination over her husband's tax problems, but they still have serious reserv...

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Why We Must Fight Like Hell to Confirm Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary

ZP Heller | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Hilda Solis, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Taxes, California, Economy, Labor Department, Economic Crisis, Department of Labor, Tax Evasion, USA Today, Video, David Dayen, Job Cuts, Politics News
ZP Heller

The Senate Labor committee postponed Solis' nomination yesterday because of a recent USA Today report about her husband's outstanding California tax liens.

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Enforcement Only Policies and no Immigration Reform, Could Prove Costly

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Undocumented Immigrants, Hilda Solis, 2010 Elections, Immigration Policy, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Napolitano Dhs, Immigration Reform, Statistics, Politics News
Hector E. Sanchez

We cannot have a systemic demand for exploitable cheap labor and continue to ignore their basic rights when they are here.

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Sam Stein

Labor To Open Fire Over Solis Confirmation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Employee Free Choice Act, Hilda Solis, Labor Department, Afl-Cio, Efca, Labor Secretary, Obama Solis, Solis Afl-Cio, Solis Labor, Politics News

The country's largest labor and Hispanic groups are ratcheting up the confirmation fight over Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis, preparing a full-ou...

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