In March 1965, thousands of civil rights supporters, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., marched from Selma, Ala., to the Capitol in Montgomery in support of voting rights for African-Americans. This week, 47 years later, civil rights activists calling for an end to harsh anti-immigrant laws retraced [...]
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Farm workers who harvest Florida’s $620 million tomato crop, religious leaders, students, and consumers from Florida and beyond started a six-day fast on Monday, stationed outside of Publix supermarkets and headquarters, calling on Florida’s largest corporation to finally recognize the humanity of the workers who pick its tomatoes — and join the Fair Food Program. [...]
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Taking a break from laying sod in a tornado-torn neighborhood, volunteer David Elliott cocked his head to the left. He was trying to remember all the trips he’s made to help rebuild after disasters. Elliott went to New Orleans seven times after Hurricane Katrina swamped the [...]
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Reyna works nine, 11, sometimes 14 hours a day taking care of another family’s children for $400 a week. She hasn’t seen her own daughter in seven years, not since she fled political persecution in Honduras, ultimately making her way to Miami. The money Reyna used to send home [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation’s governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries. Obama made his pitch at a White House meeting with governors in Washington as part of [...]
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ess ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit Florida on Friday to discuss a United States Department of Agriculture pilot loan program that could help tens of thousands of rural homeowners in 19 states. The program, which was first announced Feb. 1, allows underwater homeowners in rural [...]
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he Commonwealth It turns out that paper pinwheels – even on a rainy day – are a great idea. As they do each Valentine’s Day, members of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth rallied and marched on their state capital to call for an end to mountaintop removal and a just economic transition [...]
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CHICAGO (AP) — A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from dozens of colleges. Everyone wears a school polo shirt neatly tucked into khaki trousers. There’s plenty of chatter but no jostling, no cellphones and [...]
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d Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — The 2010 Buick Enclave parked in her garage kept Michigan resident Renee Moore from getting food stamps for two months last year, even though her family’s income had dropped to below the poverty level, her husband’s Ford Explorer had 300,000 miles on it and her [...]
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The air in the parking lot of Orlando’s Citrus Bowl smells like fresh cut oranges, shrimp and barbecue. A crowd has gathered before the game around a guy in a black chef’s coat. A camera crew orbits as he sets some shrimp and star melon kebabs [...]
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Apr 17 2012
Michael Seifert | Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network Compañero. The word means “companion,” and is from the Latin, meaning “the one I share bread with.” A compañero, then, is someone with whom you share the bread of life—be it the bread of the day’s hopes and dreams, struggles and disappointments, or blessings and bounding happiness, which, experienced alone, remain Read more →
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