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Bret Michaels: The Rusyn Roots of the Rock of Love

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Slovakia, Rock of Love, Bret Michaels, Carpatho-Rusyn, Genealogy, Immigrant, Rusyn, Celebrity, Irish, Sychak, Pennslyvania, Malcolm Gladwell, Pittsburgh, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Rock and reality TV star Bret Michaels has been yo-yoing in and out of hospitals in a steady stream of medical episodes, each one supposedly unrelated...

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Recognizing the Human Rights of Immigrant Children

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Human Rights, Immigrant, Children's Rights, Arizona Law, Children, Politics, Politics News

To put children at the center of our arguments about immigration is to appeal to something beyond cold reason. Children are symbols of our future, and how we treat, view, care and talk about them matters for the nation we are.

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Pray Immigration Reform Into Passage

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, President, Leadership, Neighbor, Stories, Prophetic, Family, Children, Scripture, Prayers, Elections, Economy, Scriptures, Prayer Vigil, Immigration Reform Bill, Pray, March, Immigration, Immigrants, Commitment, Prophet, Prayer, Movement, Legislation, Injustice, Deportation, America, Immigrant, Testimonies, Members of Congress, Values, Religious Leader, Rally, Justice, Stranger, Faith, Leaders, Bipartisan Spirit, Jesus, Politics, Religious, Community, Congress, Faith Communities, Families, Migrants, Bipartisan, God, Democrats, Reform Legislation, Compassion, Children of God, Deportations, Streets, Immigration Reform, Faith Community, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Moral Imperative, Injustices, Republicans, Bipartisan Support, Politics News

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we, the people of faith, will. It's time to stop playing politics with people's lives.

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Republicans Boycott Arizona?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Subtle or not, the Republican Party is obviously sending a message by choosing Florida over Arizona for the site of the 2012 RNC. Whether they admit it publicly or not, the national Republican Party is now on the side of the boycotters.

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This Is Annie Moore at Ellis Island: $1,000 If You Can Prove Me Wrong

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Annie Moore, Roots, Genealogy, Immigration, Ireland, Immigrant, Family History, Ellis Island, Irish, Home News

It seems this story has finally come full circle. Annie Moore, the Irish teenager who was the first to alight at Ellis Island, came into my life back...

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120 Years of Smolenyaks in America: A Note of Gratitude from a Great-Granddaughter

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Roots, Genealogy, Immigration, Immigrant, Family History, America, Warhol, Ellis Island, Slavic, Rusyn, Carpatho-Rusyn, Home News

I never knew him, but I want to thank him. Exactly 120 years ago today, my then 16-year-old great-grandfather, Peter Smolenyak, arrived in New York o...

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Immigration Reform: Change Takes Courage and Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Law, Neighbor, Stories, Prophetic, Family, Children, Scripture, Dignity, Economy, Campaign, Vulnerable Families, March, Immigration System, Immigration, Immigrants, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Prophet, Movement, Legislation, Injustice, America, Citizens, Unity, Immigrant, Government, Politics of Fear, Image of God, Courage, Values, Christ, Protest, Interfaith, Economic Problems, Rally, Justice, Stranger, System, Justice for Immigrants, Story, Politics, Washington DC, Congress, Faith Communities, Gamesmanship, Families, Migrants, God, Demagoguery, Interfaith Movement, Faith Community, Border, Mercy, Political Leader, D.C., Christian, Immigration Reform, Immigration News, US Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform News, Obama Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform Latest News, Obama and Immigration Reform, Latest Immigration Reform News, Immigration Reform 2010, Congress and Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform News Obama, Obama's Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform March, Religion News

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.

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Health Care and Bipartisanship in the Balance

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Health Care Bill, Capitol Hill, President, Leadership, Insurance Companies, Debate, President Obama, Partisanship, Elections, Economy, Compromise, Immigrants, Business, Senate Bill, Legislation, Republican, Immigrant, Justice, Health Care, Private Insurance, System, Opposition, Public Option, Politics, Congressional Leadership, Democrat, Congress, Health, Election, Religious Leaders, Bipartisan, Migrants, Political Reality, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Consumers, Special Interests, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan Solutions, Health Care System, Partisan, Religion, Politics News

President Obama, this is your moment for political courage, vision, leadership, and faith. We urge you to take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward.

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VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. 'Latino in America'

Arturo Perez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Immigration, Immigrant, Dobbs, Cnn, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Immigrants, Soledad O'Brien, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Rick Sanchez, Video, Media News

I decided to start writing to Dobbs, pointing out his many errors, and the danger his words could cause. I don't know how many emails I wrote, but needless to say, he never wrote me back.

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Gutted Health Care Bill Ignores This Nation's Best Opportunity for Reform

Judy Patrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Immigrant, Insurance Companies, Healthcare Reform, Women's Health, Healthcare, Politics News

What does it say about our society when government requires us to purchase health insurance and fines us for not doing so yet provides no support to make this possible?

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National Association of Evangelicals Provides Moral Model on Immigration Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Undocumented Immigrants, Nae, Biblical, Immigration, Immigrants, Evangelicals, Migrants, Leith Anderson, Legislative Debate, Immigrant, Immigration Reform, Biblical Foundations, Bible, National Association of Evangelicals, Politics News

Church leaders who have been personally and privately supportive of immigrants and their struggles have now publicly declared that it is morally wrong to keep families apart.

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Speaking for God and for America's Top Cops - the Center for Immigration Studies

Adam Luna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, James R. Edwards, America's Voice, William Bratton, Immigration, Southern Poverty Law Center, Religion, Nativist, Mark Krikorian, Immigrant, Center for Immigration Studies, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Anti-Immigrant, Bratton, Krikorian, Cis, Politics News

America's top religious and law enforcement leaders are taking a strong stance in favor of sensible immigration reform and it's made the anti-immigrant crowd very nervous.

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This Thanksgiving Remember the Immigrant, Pilgrim

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

The broken nature of America's immigration system is deeply felt during the holidays by millions in the United States who long to be reunited with their loved ones.

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GOP: This Is Your Future Calling (and Sorry, It's Brown)

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congressman Gutierrez, Michael Gerson, Ben Smith, Gop, America's Voice, Luis Gutierrez, Mel Martinez, Latino, www.gop.com, Politico, Senator Mel Martinez, Immigrant, Republican Party, Politics News

Republican politicians have been guilty of using immigrants as a wedge issue for so long that they are in real danger of sacrificing their future with Latino, minority, and swing voters.

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Photos of Annie Moore, First Ellis Island Immigrant: Help Solve a History Mystery

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Annie Moore, Roots, Genealogy, Immigration, Immigrant, Family History, Ellis Island, Irish, New York News

I'm hoping that someone reading this can help solve a history mystery in time for January 1 -- the 118th anniversary of the opening of Ellis Island.

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Home Is Where The Bingo Tournament Is

Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, New Books, Immigrant, Books News

If I close my eyes and think of a time that I felt most at home, one particular image comes to mind: me, at age seven with my mom at a bingo tournament by the Caspian Sea.

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Google Cofounder Gives To Charity That Helped Him Escape Anti-Semitism

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sergey Brin, Google, Immigrant, Sergey Brin Donate, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Hias, Impact News

How many times do you use Google every day? Next time you're checking stocks, researching at work or cyber-stalking an ex-boyfriend, take a minute to ...

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Immigrant Family Fears Foreclosure Of American Dream

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Medical Debt, Harvest America, Bearing Witness 2.0, Immigration, Foreclosure, Immigrant, Bearing Witness, Home Foreclosures, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's effort to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up so...

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Law, Allison Johnson, Debate, Undocumented Immigrants, President Obama, Scripture, Media, Health Care Plan, Immigration, Immigrants, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Legislation, Immigration Status, Faith Groups, Fact Checkers, Moral Obligation, Public Policies, Immigrant, Immigrant Children, Christian Scriptures, Members of Congress, Values, Pregnant Women, Policy Debate, Health Care Coverage, Moral Priorities, Teaching, Stranger, Safety Net, Health Care, Christians, Public Policy, Fear, Lying, Subsidies, Politics, Community, Basic Human Needs, Medicaid, Congress, Faith Communities, Migrants, Moral Issue, Reform Legislation, Moral Consideration, Compassion, Jewish, Moral Values, Moral Issues, Moral Mandate, Inclusion, Faith Community, Political Feasibility, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Undocumented Immigrant, Legal Immigrants, Christian, Health Care System, Politics News

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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What Is Work? Success Through the Immigrant Mindset

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Network, Kinky Friedman, Living News, Work, Career Advice, Corporate Social Responsibility, Immigrant, Entrepreneurship, Work Ethic, Happiness, Sharon Glassman, Cuban-Americans, Adlai Wertman, California, Success, Glenn Llopis, Howard Beale, Healthy Living News

"I was raised by two people who had lost their country," explains Glenn Llopis, a California-based entrepreneur with Cuban parents. "We were taught to see and seize opportunity."

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Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lies, Go Broke, Reasonable, Reform, Mccain, Midotw, Disrespect, Joe Wilson, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Faith, Health Care, Theological, Sandy Line, Joint Session, Bankruptcy, You Lie, Public Option, Propaganda, Democrat, Congress, Big Government, Lie, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Heckle, Obama Speech, Mddotw, Health, Republicans, Line in the Sand, Walk It Down, Bankrupt, Healthcare, President Obama, Speech, Kennedy, First Lady, Obama, Democratic, Media, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Laura Bush, Uninsured, Insurance, Wilson, Liar, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Lies and Propaganda, Heckler, John McCain, House, Framing, Medicaid, Teddy Kennedy, Sherrod-Brown, Talking Heads, Illegal Immigrant, Chris Weigant, Heckled, Medicare, Immigrant, Wkharbhsgahm, Wksarbssgahm, Medicompetition, Kennedycare, Medicomp, Politics News

Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.

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Reach for the Stars

Margee Ensign | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High School Drop Outs, Education, Unemployment, Poverty, Poor Health, Foreclosure, Immigrant, Space Shuttle Launch, Astronaut, Space Shuttle Discovery, Politics News

Jose Hernandez, son of migrant workers, will take off this week as a mission specialist in the shuttle Discovery.

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Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fear, Swine Flue, Mexico, Health Healthcare, Public Health, Flu, Vaccinate, Reform, Germs, Typhoid Mary, Sanitation, Servant, Fear Mongering, Avian Flu, Germ Theory, Illegal Immigrant, Infectious, Hygiene, Chris Weigant, Infect, Disease, Sars, Germ, Vaccine, Mary Mallon, Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Health Care, Influenza, Mallon, Politics News

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

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Immigration Detainee's Death Causes Controversy

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration Death, America, Pakistan, 9/11, Immigration, Deportation, World Trade Center, Immigration Reform, Green Card, Visa, Prison, Jail, Immigrant, September 11th, Immigration Policy, Ahmad Tanveer, Politics News

When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005, the very fact seemed to fall into a black hole. Although a fellow inmate scraw...

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Right Wing Hate Getting Out of Control

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tiller, Gop, Air America, Murder, Donnie Baker, Mike Papantonio, Right Wing, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Barack Obama, Immigrant, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Hate Talk, Latino, David Neiwert, Joshua Cartwright, Republicans, Ring of Fire, Media News

About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...

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