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Meeting Women On Their Terms

Joan Malin | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Reproductive Health, Immigrants, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Ppnyc, Health, Living News
Joan Malin

The Dominican population in NY is unusual in that they're coming from a country where abortion is completely illegal. Yet, these women reported that they still consider abortion a part of the reality of their lives.

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Worse Than We Thought: Unemployment Numbers May be 10-15% Higher than Stated

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Women, Immigrants, Obama Transition, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Families, Job Creation, Unemployment Statistics, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

The numbers also fail to consider the number of individuals employed in the shadow economy who have become unemployed as a result of the economic downturn.

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Italy: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Strong

NPR | By Sylvia Poggioli | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: Italy Migrant Workers, Italy Immigrants, Immigration Italy, Europe Racism, Immigrants, Italy, Europe, Italy Xenophobia, Italy Racism, World News

Once a poor country that sent millions of its citizens abroad to find work, Italy now imports workers. The country has an aging population and low bir...

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Hilda Solis: Get Excited

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secretary of Labor, Immigrants, Hilda Solis, Newsladder, Economy NewsLadder, Progressives, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Obama named Rep. Hilda Solis as the next administration's Secretary of Labor this morning and to put it simply, progressives are ecstatic about the pick.

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A Fly in the Anointment: Bobby Jindal as the Republican Obama

Disgrasian | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Social Conservatives, Bobby Jindal Governor, Youth Vote, Bobby Jindal, Immigrants, Immigration, Youth Voters, The Republican Obama, Conservative Values, Barack Obama, Children of Immigrants, Immigrants American Dream, Creationism, Obama Youth Vote, American Dream, Religion and Politics, Bobby Jindal 2012, Stem Cell Research, Politics News
Disgrasian

It's true! Jindal is young, brown, and the child of immigrants. Since we, too, are young, brown, and the children of immigrants, I guess that means we're voting for Jindal in 2012!

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Immigrant Voter Registration Increasing

Chicago Tribune | Antonio Olivo | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Immigrant Voting, Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Latino Voters, Latino Voters Illinois, Immigrants, Illinois State Board of Elections, Electoral College, Joshua Hoyt, Immigrant Voter Registration, Immigrant Voter Registration Illinois, Chicago News

During the last three months, immigrant groups in Illinois have registered about 24,000 new voters, part of an aggressive last push to influence next ...

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Non-Citizen Immigrant Households Experience Sharp Decline in Income

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Pew Research Center, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigrants, Immigrant Households, Immigrant Incomes, Pew Hispanic Center, Immigrant Families, Home News
Naazish YarKhan

The decline in the economic fortunes of non-citizen households represents a sharp turnaround from the preceding year.

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Pro-Immigrant Media Campaigns

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Polictics, The Truth About Immigrants, Hate Crime, Mexico, Hate Speech, Immigrants, Policy, Pro-Immigrant Media Campaigns, Immigration Debate, Foreign Policy, Media News
Naazish YarKhan

Courtesy DuPage Immigrant Solidarity The majority of Americans do not hold extreme anti-immigrant views, but it is difficult for those of us who don'...

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Immigration Down In Illinois

AP | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Immigrants, Immigration, US Census Bureau, Chicago News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The wave of immigrants entering the United States slowed dramatically last year as the economy faltered and the government stepped ...

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A Matter of Justice

Jane Guskin | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Islam, Sami Al-Arian, Palestinians, Immigration, Immigrants, USA vs. Al-Arian, Muslim, Justice, Civil Rights, Politics News
Jane Guskin

One of the government documents in the case is so sloppy that it repeatedly misspells the name of the group Hamas as "Ramas."

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US Hospitals Privately Deporting Immigrants

New York Times | DEBORAH SONTAG | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Immigrants, Us Immigration, Deport Immigrants, Us Hospitals Deporting Immigrants, Politics News

High in the hills of Guatemala, shut inside the one-room house where he spends day and night on a twin bed beneath a seriously outdated calendar, Luis...

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The Foreigners are Coming, the Foreigners are Coming!

Cheryl Pearl Sucher | Posted 06.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Immigrants, Immigration, Real Estate, Weak Dollar, New York City, Living News
Cheryl Pearl Sucher

I'm considering studying Gaelic, Sanskrit, Korean and Mandarin. Enough to be conversational. Otherwise, how will I be able to get around New York?

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What the Kennedy Family Means to My Generation

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Princess Di, Bumper Stickers, Racism, Immigrants, Jfk, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, GOP Jihadists, Robert F. Kennedy, Dodi Al-Fayed, Politics News
Ray Hanania

The Kennedy family has always had special meaning in my life. I know exactly where I was when a friend yelled out to me in 1963, "The president has been shot."

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My Wife is an Immigrant

Evan Handler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Randy Newman, Immigrants, 2008 Election, Entertainment News
Evan Handler

Why is it that the most aggressively self-satisfied citizenry - who'll tell you everything that's "best" about the United States - never identify themselves as belonging to the place they're so proud of?

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One Million Immigrants Seek US Citizenship To Vote: Campaigners

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Obama Clinton 2008, Obama 2008, New Hampshire Poll, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2008, New Hampshire Debates, New Hampshire Debate Abc, 2008 Election, Immigrants, Edwards, Clinton 2008, Barack Obama, Immigrants Votes, Barack Obama 2008, New Hampshire Debate January 5, New Hampshire Primary, Obama Clinton, Voter Rights, New Hampshire Polls, John Edwards, Clinton Super Tuesday, Breaking Politics News, Citizenship Rights, Hillary Clinton, New Hampshire Debate Schedule, Barack Obama Good Morning America, Politics News

A record one million immigrants sought US citizenship last year so they could vote in the 2008 presidential election, overwhelming the processing offi...

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New Study Says Hispanics And Asians Are Acting White

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Hispanics, New York Times, Immigrants, African-Americans, Ethnic Tensions, Home News

A new poll indicates there is racial tension between African-Americans, the majority of whom were born in the United States, and both Hispanic and Asi...

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