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Latinos Poised to Shake Up 2010 Census, Politicians Beware

Frank Sharry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Census, Immigration Reform, Congress, Latino Voters, 2010 Elections, Janet Napolitano, Immigration, Demographics, Barack Obama, Politics News

The 2010 Census will have a profound effect on the U.S. political landscape. An astonishing number of states will owe new Congressional seats, in large part, to their new Latino constituents.

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2012 Supplies One More Victory for Pseudoscience

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

2012 pillages an ancient culture, deliberately misrepresents its traditions, and then claims its all true. More important, it taps into the serious vein of crazy that we have in this country.

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Queens Frets Over Census Participation

Benedict Moran | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, Latinos, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, New York News

Activists are afraid that low participation will further cut services in the borough. Queens is especially tricky due to its high number of undocumented workers scared of deportation.

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Justicia Poetica: Dobbs Rises and Then Falls Thanks to Immigrants

Roberto Lovato | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

As I watched the sad eyes of Lou Dobbs last night while he bade an abrupt farewell to his long career at CNN, I shed the tears that he apparently couldn't. I was inspired by the power of the movement to oust him.

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Cyber-Deported! My Personal Tragic True Story of Being Rejected by the Tancredo Campaign

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 11.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Latinos, Colorado Politics, Colorado Latinos, Latino Voters, Colorado Governor Race, Colorado Governor, Tom Tancredo, Denver News

I believe that Tom Tancredo should be the Republican nominee for the Governor of Colorado. But I must say that I was shocked when I was kicked out of the "Draft Tancredo" Facebook page!

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The Foolish Strategery of Democrats Who Oppose Health Care Reform

Mike Lux | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Young People, Health Care Reform, Elections, Latinos, Electoral Strategy, Polling, Unmarried Women, Voting, Politics News

For some perspective on the wisdom of the Democrats who are opposing health care reform, let's look at the elections last Tuesday.

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The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Latinos, Immigration Reform, Boycott, Michele Bachmann, Halloween Costumes, Illegal Immigration, Crazy Census Conspiracies, Immigration, Hispanics, Miguel Rivera, Politics News

I expected the neocons to get upset over the census. What surprised me is that some Latino groups have joined people like noted nutjob Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in calling for a boycott.

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Latinos and the Unheard Third

David Jones | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Poor, Unheard Third Survey, Low-Wage Workers, Latinos, New York, Economy, Latinos Recession, Recession, Politics News

The story for low-income Latinos is dire. 26 percent of low-income Latinos reported losing their jobs in the past year and 70 percent had less than $500 in total savings.

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An Entire Generation at Stake

Janet Murguía | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Population Reference Bureau, Poverty, Latinos, Children, Credit Programs, Economic Health, Early Childhood Education Programs, Opportunities, Obese-Children, Social Well-Being, Hispanic Children, Congress, Immigration System, Juvenile Justice System, U.S. Citizens, American Dream, Reformed Juvenile Justice System, Success, Education, Graduate From High School, U.S. Population, Health Insurance, Adult Jails, Political Power, Health Care, Fair Housing, Diversity, Politics News

Today, more than one-fourth of Latino children live in poverty. Three-fifths live in low-income families. One in five does not have health insurance. Only 55% graduate from high school.

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Great Houses of New York: The River Club, the Best Address, Part III

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.31.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Muriel Siebert, The Dakota, Emily Post, Robert Moses, The Berkshire, Tennis, The East River Drive, River House, Town and Country Magazine, Vincent Astor, The Osborne, Debutante, Rockefeller, Bridge, William De Rham, Jewish, Vanderbilt, One Sutton Place South, Discrimination, Whitney, The River Club, E. T. Williams, Wasp, Augusta Owen Patterson, Co-Op Board Bias, 10 Gracie Square, African Americans, Martin A. Siegel, L James B. Stewart, Latinos, Robin Duke, Angier Biddle Duke, New York News

Except for having no golf course, the River Club at 447 East 52nd Street is as close to a country club as one could find in the middle of New York City.

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Latinos in America

John Riofrio | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Latinos, Cnn, Mexican-Americans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Soledad O'Brien, Mexico, Bilingual, Media News

CNN's commitment to balance in the form of equal representation of both sides with little context or social theory was troubling instead of enlightening, and pedantic rather than productive.

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BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Dobbs, Latinos, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Latino in America, www.bastadobbs.com, Media, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Jon Klein CNN, Latino Politics, presente.org, Roberto Lovato and Lou Dobbs, Media News

As we made our case today at CNN's headquarters for Lou Dobbs to be fired, the producers of Dobbs' show emailed me with an invitation to appear on tonight's show. Here's my response.

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Ted Turner Would Fire Lou Dobbs

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

If Jonathan Klein were as responsible an executive as Ted Turner, and as conscientious a citizen as Ted Turner, he would be as concerned as Ted Turner about the danger of Lou Dobbs.

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The Census and the GOP Latino Strategy: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Don't Count 'Em

Miguel Guadalupe | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, 2010 Census, Senate, Latino Voters, Acorn, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Immigration, Democrats, Republican Party, New York News

Republican Senators have proposed to require all those who fill out census surveys to affirm their citizenship. That may be the final nail in the coffin of the GOP/Latino relationship.

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Let Them Eat Cake

David Jones | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, Unheard Third, Low-Wage Jobs, Unemployed, Poor, Low Income, Health, Mayor Bloomberg, Roman Polanski, New York News

We snicker about the blindness of Marie Antoinette before the outbreak of the revolution, but I'm starting to understand the very human wish to ignore what's painful and unpleasant.

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The Color of Health Care Reform

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Health Care Reform, African-Americans, Income Inequality, Inequality, Politics News

Suffice it to say that if Congress fails to deliver the public option that a majority of Americans want, it's communities of color that have the most to lose.

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New York Times Article On "Divided" Colorado Democrats

Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Latinos, Andrew Romanoff, New York Times, Colorado Senate, Obama, Colorado, Michael Bennet, New York Times Colorado Senate, 2010 Elections, Denver News

Former Speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff's recent announcement that he would challenge incumbent Senator Michael Bennet for the Democratic...

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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Hispanics are Key to Winning the West -- and National Elections

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hispanics, Karl Rove, Latinos, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, West, Colorado, Immigration, Republicans, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, California, Denver News

At present, the anti-immigration faction of the GOP has antagonized Hispanics and alienated independents, presenting a public face of the party with its most prominent features being intolerance and intemperance.

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There's a Reason the Rockies Are Purple Mountain Majesties: Dems Shouldn't Take Anything for Granted in the West

Laura Chapin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: 2008 Elections, Politics, Denver, Colorado, Latinos, White-Collar-Unemployment, Bill Ritter, 2010 Elections, Ron Brownstein, Hispanics, Colorado Democrats, New West, Denver News

Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.

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Forest Service Apologizes for Slurs Against Latinos

Claire Walter | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: U.S. Forest Service, Marijuana Growing, Usfs, Gil Quintana, Colorado Latino Forum, Smuggling, Latinos, Beer, Immigration, Polly Baca, Denver News

After Latinos complained, the Forest Service revised its marijuana cultivation warning from tortilla wrappers and Tecate cans to "fertilizer, irrigation pipes and equipment, and large trash."

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Reviving the Neighborhood -- At What Expense?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Denver Hotspots, Latinos, Lower Highland, Denver Neighborhoods, Immigrants, Real Estate, Diversity, Culture, Italians, Highlands, Development, Denver News

How long before Lower Highland becomes the neighborhood equivalent of a tourist trap where long-time Latino locals can't afford to live?

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Does Ritter Have a Problem With Democrats?

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Bennet, Latinos, Mexico, Colorado Democrats, Andrew Romanoff, Bill Ritter, Progressives, Denver News

Ritter is witnessing open party rebellion. Key Latino Democrats have joined with disgruntled progressives and union workers to mount a campaign against the governor's senator.

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Workers Pay the Price in an Era of Declining Job Quality

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Safety Laws, Latinos, Wage Laws, Occupational Fatality Rate, Recession, Competition, Labor Protections, Labor Day, Employers, Labor Laws, Health Insurance, National Council of La Raza, Health Care, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News

When employers violate wage and occupational safety laws, they effectively devalue hard work and workers' lives. It is simply outrageous and unacceptable that a country like ours allows people to work to death.

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Leo

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, Manhattan, 1960s, Civil Rights Movement, Memorials, Leo Orris, Cuban Missile Crisis, New York City, Obituaries, Havana, Cuba, New York News

For years Dr. Leo Orris and his family would be our sanctuary, our conversations, our endless nights of discussions where themes would range from the history of SDS and SNICC to how to end the Vietnam War.

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