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Pay Equity for Women Opposed by Entire Texas Republican Congressional Delegation

Brent Budowsky | Posted 06.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Rosa DeLauro, Texas, Hispanic Women, Congressional Democrats, Barack Obama, Texas Republicans, Turning Texas Blue, Nevada, Florida, Arizona, Pay Equity, Pay Equity Discharge Petition, New Mexico, Hillary Clinton, Colorado, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

Pay inequity is an outrage committed against women of all demographic groups. What most people do not know is that the hardest-hit of those who suffer pay discrimination may well be Hispanic women.

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Rates of Incarceration For White and Hispanic Women On The Rise

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.19.2013 | Women
Read More: White Women, Women, Juvenile Justice, Hispanic Women, Prison Demographics, The Sentencing Project, Incarceration, Incarceration Rates, Women News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Sayre Quevedo According to a new study by The Sentencing Project, "The Changing Racial Dynamics of Women's Incarceration," women's incarceration ...

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Immigrant Latinas Face Domestic Abuse

Posted 11.30.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latino Domestic Violence, Boyle Heights, Video, Hispanic Women, Hispanic Women Abuse, Immigrant Domestic Abuse, Boyle Heights Beat, Domestic Violence, Latino Voices News

This article is part of a weekly series published in partnership with the Boyle Heights Beat. It appears on Wednesdays. By Melissa Martinez Boy...

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Health Care Passed, Now What About "Wealth" Care?

Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women of Color, Wealth Gap, Hispanic Women, Black Women, Personal Finances, Women's Issues, Money, Single Mothers, Race, Financial Crisis, Gender Descrimination, Discrimination, Healthy Living News
Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D

The bottom line is the majority of women of color in this country are living paycheck to paycheck with no safety net. Most black and Hispanic women are one check stub away from financial disaster.

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A Channel to Cheer For...

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Texas, Miss-Texas, Miss America, Cheerleading, Hispanic Women, Nfl, Haim Saban, Nascar, Abc, Fox, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Cyo, Sports News
Joe Favorito

The Cheer Channel, which launched online May 14, may quickly find a digital home in select cable systems around the country and on satellite.

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HIV Rates In US: Some Places Have Higher Infection Rates Than Africa

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Black Women, Infection Rates, Men Who Have Sex With Men, Ethiopia, Urban Areas, Washington DC, Nigeria, Rural South, Hispanics, Hiv Positive, Kenya, Northeast, African Americans, Aids, Hispanic Men, Drug Users, Health Care, Condom Use, New York City, Hiv, South Africa, Rawanda, HIV/AIDS, Black Men, Hispanic Women, Education, Sex, Safe Sex, Gays, Condoms, Cities, Minorities, New York News

Recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that within certain populations in America, the prevalence of HIV-infected peop...

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