THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

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February 19, 2012 What it’s Like to Be Shipped Home

February 17, 2012 Latino Group Praises Obama Mortgage Settlement

February 17, 2012 Activists: City Wrong for Turning Woman Over to Immigration Agents

February 12, 2012 Taming Trash Disposal

February 10, 2012 “Green” Businesses to Benefit Local Job Seeker

February 9, 2012 Attorney Calls for Protection of Parents in School Abuse Case

February 8, 2012 Quinn Creates Illinois DREAM Act Scholarship Fund

February 8, 2012 Arizona Leaning Toward Joining $25 Billion Foreclosure Settlement

February 8, 2012 Activists Bring Golden Toilet to City Hall, Protest Grant to CME

February 7, 2012 High School Students Invade Polling Places, Not as Voters but as Judges

February 6, 2012 Farmworkers to Picket the Opening of Trader Joe’s

February 6, 2012 Mardi Gras Indian Tribes, New Orleans Police Establish Peace Pact

February 6, 2012 US States Near $25bn Foreclosure Settlement

February 5, 2012 Tennessee and Georgia Resist Health Care Reform

February 4, 2012 Kentucky Weighs Restoring Voting Rights to Felons

February 3, 2012 Combating Childhood Poverty in Mississippi

February 3, 2012 Digital Divide: Broadband Needed

February 3, 2012 Farmworker Justice

February 3, 2012 Economy Adds More Jobs, but Are They Good Jobs?

February 3, 2012 Group File Suit Over Leaking Wells

February 3, 2012 Exhibit Explores Policy Impact on Pueblos in Past 100 Years

February 2, 2012 Stolen Babies? Immigrant Mother Loses Four Kids

January 31, 2012 Digital Divide in Mississippi Splits Along Racial Lines, Report Finds

January 29, 2012 Advocacy Group Wants Firm Plan to Hire Local Workers

January 28, 2012 Citizens Urged to Reclaim the Right to Vote

January 28, 2012 Proposed Landfill Brings Concern for Crab Orchard Residents

January 27, 2012 Florida’s Latino Vote is Up for Grabs

January 27, 2012 Domestic Workers and Their Children March for Rights

January 24, 2012 Protesters Pressure U.S. Mortgage Settlement Talks

January 24, 2012 Occupy Demonstrators Arrested; Protests Continue Against Investor Conference

January 24, 2012 Committee examines Aurora’s ethnic makeup by ward

January 24, 2012 City Creating New Plan to End Homelessnes

January 23, 2012 Living in Danger to Pay the Rent

January 23, 2012 Bill reintroduced to lower mandatory school-start age from 7 to 6

January 22, 2012 Louisiana Grapples with Juvenile Crime Decision by Supreme Court

January 19, 2012 TN House Passes Amendment Banning Income Tax |

January 18, 2012 Bus tour should be mandatory |

January 18, 2012 A New Fight on Licenses for Illegal Immigrants |

January 18, 2012 Rights Groups Call Time-Out on New Orleans Teen Curfew |

January 18, 2012 Watchdog Agency Hearing to Examine Payday Loans |

January 18, 2012 County Land Donated for Grandparent-Housing Plan |

January 17, 2012 Beauregard Parish Residents Voice Concerns About “Fracking” |

January 17, 2012 Park Girl Mobile Home Sales, 43 Clients Enter Legal Mediation |

January 17, 2012 Bike education programs strive to ratchet up teens’ interests |

January 15, 2012 New York Times Reporter Visits Prim, Fox |

January 15, 2012 New Law Forbids Shackling of Pregnant Women in Custody |

January 9, 2012 Obama’s Immigration Proposal Gives Hope to Some in Limbo |

January 6, 2012 Tweak in Rule to Ease a Path to Green Card |

January 6, 2012 American Indians Offer Programs for Horses That Treat the Sacred Animals as a Way of Life | National Indian Youth Leadership

January 6, 2012 Santa Ana Residents, Local Businesses Build Latino Health Access Park | Latino Health Access

January 6, 2012 Nearly 150 Youth Take Anti-Bullying Pledge | Long Beach YMCA

January 5, 2012 Pleasanton Approves Rezoning for High Density Housing | Urban Habitat

January 5, 2012 City Hall Shuts Down Rally to Save South Side Schools | Kenwood Oakland Community Organization

January 4, 2012 U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement Launches Hotline For Detained Undocumented Immigrants | Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

January 4, 2012 A Young Mother, Trying to Stay Off of the Streets |

January 3, 2012 Let Noncitizens Contribute to U.S. Elections |

January 3, 2012 School group plans Wednesday protest outside Rahm’s office |

January 2, 2012 Latino Health Access is a Charity Built on Moxie and Masa |

January 2, 2012 Jobs Program for Older Americans Struggles |

January 2, 2012 Public radio in Spanish gives US Latinos a voice |

January 1, 2012 State Lacks Early Education System |

December 31, 2011 Faces of Native American Education in 2011 |

December 30, 2011 Apple Health program for kids gets federal funding |

December 30, 2011 Affordable Housing Group Challenges TX Developers to Build More Sustainably |

December 30, 2011 Missouri Lawmakers to Consider Federal Health Care Law |

December 29, 2011 How the 1 Percent Live, and Give |

December 28, 2011 Father’s Deportation Tears Family Apart |

December 28, 2011 The New Wave of US Voter Suppression |

December 28, 2011 Voter ID Law Blocked By Feds In South Carolina, Texas Could Be Next |

December 27, 2011 Atlantic City Resident in Deportation Limbo After Being Brought to America from Afghanistan as War Hero for Medical Treatment |

December 27, 2011 Vigil Calls for Extended Jobless Benefits |

December 27, 2011 Victims Sought in Countrywide Case |

December 25, 2011 Chicanos Group Leader Attends Conference |

December 24, 2011 Bias Seen in Paddling Stats | American Civil Liberties Union

December 23, 2011 Judge Orders St. Bernard to OK Rental Housing | The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

December 23, 2011 APALC Welcomes New Leadership Development Director Marvin Andrade | The Asian Pacific American Legal Center

December 22, 2011 Downtown 2025 Plan Must Include Job Equity | HIRE

December 22, 2011 Grass-Roots Efforts Aim to Pull People Out of Poverty | Promise Neighborhood Institute

December 21, 2011 How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission | Asian Pacific American Legal Center

December 21, 2011 Chicagoans Push Back Against Housing Ordinance Lawsuit (VIDEO) | Action Now

December 21, 2011 Attrition Rate Drops Statewide | Intercultural Development Research Association

December 20, 2011 Illusions Of The American Dream Remain For Day Laborers | Central American Resource Center

December 20, 2011 BofA to Pay $335 Million to Settle Fair-Lending Claims | National Council of La Raza

December 20, 2011 Memorial Service for Tucson’s Homeless | Primavera Foundation

December 20, 2011 Hispanic Family May Not Spend Holidays Together Due to Deportation | Coalition for Humane Immmigrant Rights of Los Angeles

December 19, 2011 Bankers On Track To Receive Near-Record Bonuses This Year, Report Finds | National People’s Action

December 19, 2011 Immigrant Leaders Join Together In Solidarity with Alabama Activists | Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice

December 19, 2011 Uproar Continues Over Plans for South Side Schools | Kenwood Oakland Community Organizing

December 17, 2011 Thousands Gather at Capitol Steps to Oppose Immigration Law | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

December 16, 2011 Eating Healthy in a Food Desert: Many on Government Assistance Struggle | Primavera Foundation

December 16, 2011 Skid Row Women Emerging From The Shadows Of Abuse Find Little Help | Los Angeles Community Action Network

December 15, 2011 Poll: Ala. Split Over Immigration Law’s Fairness | Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama

December 15, 2011 Latino Community Praises DOJ Investigation | Chicanos Por La Causa

December 12, 2011 Rights Groups Oppose Hospital Merger Plan | Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

December 12, 2011 Louisiana Flunks at Enforcing Air, Water Laws, EPA Inspector General Says | Louisiana Environmental Action Network

December 12, 2011 Fight for a “People’s Port” | East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy

December 11, 2011 Alameda County Realignment Plan ‘Ambitious’ but Moving in the Right Direction | Ella Baker Center

December 11, 2011 Los Angeles Under Federal Investigation Over Disabled Housing | Los Angeles Community Action Network

December 10, 2011 Who is the Park Girl? Details Emerge as Former Beauty Queen Faces Charges | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

December 9, 2011 Sea Change: Asian Americans and Seafood in the Gulf | Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation

December 9, 2011 Children Of Immigrants Ask For Halt To Deportation That Splits Families | Applied Research Center

December 8, 2011 Mexican Immigrant Deported While on Dialysis, Returns to U.S. | Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles

December 7, 2011 Arizona Public Appeals to Child-Welfare Panel | Children’s Action Alliance

December 7, 2011 Justin Maxson: An Appalachian Trailblazer for Sustainability | Mountain Association for Community Economic Development

December 7, 2011 Diabetes ‘Pandemic’ Takes Severe Toll Among State’s Border-Area Hispanics | Campesinos Sin Fronteras

December 7, 2011 Finding Room for Play in Santa Ana

December 7, 2011 AZ Task Force Gets Final Input on Child-Welfare Reform | Children’s Action Alliance

December 6, 2011 Unanimous Vote Sends Los Angeles on a Path to More Recycling | Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

December 6, 2011 Groups Supporting Sanitation Workers

December 6, 2011 Occupy Our Homes: Take Back the Land Has Lessons For Home ‘Liberators’ | Miami Workers Center

December 6, 2011 Older Chinese Riled by Proposed SF Bag Fee

December 5, 2011 Unpaid Tips and Wages in Restaurants: How Common Is It?

December 5, 2011 NAACP Warns Black and Hispanic Americans Could Lose Right to Vote

December 5, 2011 TIF Abuse Buoys Downtown Fat Cats, As Neighborhoods Suffer (VIDEO)

December 4, 2011 Study: Elder Abuse a Serious Problem for Chinese Seniors

December 4, 2011 Alabama Gets Black Eye Over Immigration Crackdown

December 4, 2011 Erie Neighborhood House Gives Children a Leg Up

December 3, 2011 Pew Study Says Two Thirds Of Undocumented Immigrants Have Resided In U.S. For At Least Ten Years

December 3, 2011 Georgia Keeps Kids Languishing in Foster Care Because Their Parents Are Undocumented

December 3, 2011 ‘Park Girl’ Customers File Lawsuit to Protect Against Foreclosure

December 2, 2011 SCC Shows State’s Biggest Jump in Poverty Rate

December 2, 2011 Emanuel to ‘Recalibrate’ Plans to Eradicate Homelessness

November 28, 2011 Family: Illegal Immigrant Student Martyred Himself for Dream Act | CHIRLA

November 28, 2011 Fewer Options in Alabama for Licensed Day Care Providers | VOICES

November 28, 2011 Young and Homeless, Struggling to Build a Life | Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

November 26, 2011 Policy-Making Billionaires | National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

November 24, 2011 Corn: Spiritual, Nutritional, Cultural, and in Danger | Tewa Women United, New Mexico Acequia Association

November 23, 2011 Program Helps Families Cope with Loved Ones in Prison | Westside Health Authority

November 18, 2011 Three Prisoners Die in Hunger Strike Related Incidents | American Friends Service Committee

November 18, 2011 Court of Appeals Hears Mountaintop Removal Fight | Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment

November 18, 2011 Demonstrators Put Spotlight on ‘Work That Needs Doing’ | Center for Community Change

November 17, 2011 Project Soapbox | Mikva Challenge

November 17, 2011 Lt. Gov. Mark Darr Visits Weiner Regarding Rural Issues | Rural Community Alliance

November 17, 2011 Occupy Chicago: Protesters March For Jobs, Block LaSalle St. Bridge (PHOTOS, VIDEO) | Kenwood Oakland Community Organizations

November 16, 2011 Community Groups Gear Up for CPS’ Annual Changes to Neighborhood Schools | Kenwood Oakland Community Organizations

November 16, 2011 Car Wash Workers’ L.A. Victory Inspires Chicago Campaign | Interfaith Worker Justice

November 16, 2011 Activists Sue National Coal Over Campbell County Pollution | Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment

November 16, 2011 Finding a Native Way to Heal | Tucson Indian Center

November 16, 2011 Group Battles Labor Exploitation in New Mexico | Somos Un Pueblo Unido

November 16, 2011 ICE Policies Leave Overburdened Foster-Care System in Their Wake | Applied Research Center

November 16, 2011 CNN Guest Compares OWS to Boston Tea Party | Movement Vision Lab

November 15, 2011 Chicago Budget Vote: Most Aldermen Support Emanuel’s Plan | Grassroots Collaborative

November 15, 2011 Justice Department, Plaintiffs Group Submit New Filings Seeking to Block Alabama Immigration Law | Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama

November 15, 2011 Some Oakland Parents Question Need for School Police | Center for Third World Organizing

November 14, 2011 Grassroots Pesticide Fighter Takes on the Big Polluters | Asian Pacific Environmental Network

November 14, 2011 Immigration Activists Protest Parental Deportation | Applied Research Center

November 12, 2011 Hawks Developing Ties to Native Americans | American Indian Center

November 12, 2011 Local Christian Leaders Support Farmworkers | Coalition of Immokalee Workers

November 11, 2011 Power Broker Savors a Victory in San Francisco | Chinatown Community Development Center

November 7, 2011  Mixed Response to Signs for Panhandlers  | Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

November 6, 2011 Use of E-verify Program Grows in California

November 6, 2011 Traffic Stops Creating Rift Between Hispanic Community, Police | Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

November 6, 2011 Recession Drives up Demand for San Diego Mobile Pantry | Center on Policy Initiatives

November 2, 2011 Hold Industries Accountable for San Diego Bay Pollution | Environmental Health Coalition

November 2, 2011 First Lady Michelle Obama Talks Healthy Habits with Toddlers | Royal Castle Child Development Center

November 2, 2011 Federal Court Considers Texas’ Redistricting Case | Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

November 1, 2011 Workers United Convention Rallies in Solidarity with Occupy Chicago | Chicago Jobs with Justice

November 1, 2011 City Official Suggests Homeless Take Cabs To Shelters After Budget Cuts | Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

November 1, 2011 For Asian Americans, Educational Attainment Varies Widely | Asian American Center for Advancing Justice

November 1, 2011 Fewer Apartments, Higher Costs Add To Renter Woes

November 1, 2011 The Allure of Secure | National Immigrant Justice Center

October 31, 2011 How This Week’s Events Make LA the Center of the Anti-Drug War Movement

October 30, 2011 Tu Salud¡ SiCuenta! Live your life

October 29, 2011 Michelle Obama To Visit New Orleans On Tuesday

October 26, 2011 Report: Asian-Americans Grow Beyond Coastal Hubs

October 26, 2011 Income Chasm Widens Here

October 26, 2011 The Red Road Is the Right Path

October 26, 2011 Immigrants Face Alabama Civil Rights Backlash

October 20, 2011 Retirement Investments Keep Elder Black Women Afloat

October 20, 2011 New “Unity Unions” Self-Organize to Confront Workplace Abuses

October 20, 2011 “Lost in Detention” As Obama Admin Deports Record 400,000

October 18, 2011 L.A. County Health Regulations Don’t Deter Illegal Street Vendors

October 17, 2011 Labor Group to Lead Rally Against Trader Joe’s

October 17, 2011 Nonprofit to Head Rally, March from Portland to Vancouver

October 17, 2011 Halted Effort to Track Undocumented Aliens Cost $177,000

October 17, 2011 America’s Child Death Shame

October 12, 2011 Advocacy Report Shows Performance of Arkansas’ Non-Profits

October 12, 2011 Texas: Schools Sue State Over Budget Cuts

October 11, 2011 Chicago Street Protests Target Financial Industry

October 11, 2011 For Disenchanted Liberals, Obama May Still be the Only Choice

October 11, 2011 Take Back Chicago Rally Brings Thousands Of Protesters To City Streets

October 10, 2011 ‘Through the Eyes of the Eagle’ Exhibit Promotes Traditional, Healthy Foods

October 10, 2011 Walm-Art? Consumers Skeptical as Wal-Mart Extends Hands to Artisans

October 10, 2011 Keeping Kids in School Crucial

October 10, 2011 Making Room for Racial Justice in the Occupy Wall Street Movement

October 9, 2011 As Protests Mount, Groups Sense an Opportunity

October 9, 2011 Young Latino Boxers Fighting for Their Future

October 6, 2011 Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Elder Statesman for Civil Rights, Dies at 89

October 4, 2011 Guess Who Likes the South Lake Union Trolley?

October 4, 2011 Alpena Students to Host Cell Phone Class for Seniors

October 3, 2011 Op-Ed/ Newton: LAANE Turns the Tables

October 2, 2011 Unemployed Face Few Insurance Options

September 29, 2011 Somali Elder Helps Seattle Refugees Be Buried Affordably with Dignity

September 26, 2011 Report Shows Payday Lending Law is Helping Keep People Out of Debt

September 29, 2011 For First Time, Largest Group of Poor Children in U.S. are Latino, Report Finds

September 28, 2011 High Unemployment Rates Remain a Problem for Arizona Rural Areas

September 26, 2011 Parent Support Vital Link in Success of Schools

September 26, 2011 Poverty in Washington

September 26, 2011 California Prisoners Resume Hunger Strike Today

September 26, 2011 U-Visas Gaining More Momentum

September 25, 2011 NM Border to See Another Drop in Apprehensions

September 24, 2011 Learn From Mistakes on Public Housing: James Perry

September 23, 2011 State Leaders: ‘Paralyzing Fear’ Grips Hispanics

September 22, 2011 Poverty Rates Rise In San Diego County

September 21, 2011 Tropical Storm Leaves Behind Oily Mystery in Mississippi

September 21, 2011 Group Asks Judge in Alabama Immigration Law Case to Consider California Ruling

September 20, 2011 Advocates Rally Against Unscrupulous Employers

September 20, 2011 Can Educating Consumers Make Farm Labor Fair?

September 20, 2011 Coalition Calls for Consumer-Friendly AZ Insurance Exchange

September 20, 2011 High Rates of Kids Living in Poverty Bodes Ill for Future

September 19, 2011 An Interview with Van Jones on Rebuilding the American Dream

September 19, 2011 Asian American SF Political Clout Grows

September 19, 2011 Washington, On a Few Bucks a Day

September 19, 2011 New Hotline a Clearinghouse for Advice for Immigrants Facing Deportation

September 18, 2011 American Indian Culture Honored at Busse Woods

September 18, 2011 Activists Rally Against Layoffs

September 17, 2011 Money to Help Poor Cut as Poverty Rate Increases

September 16, 2011 Groups Update Argument Against Alabama Immigration Law

September 16, 2011 Illinois Poverty Grows Even as State Shrinks

September 15, 2011 New Housing Services Center Has Now Opened

September 15, 2011 Riding 200 Miles for a Penny

September 14, 2011 City Council Hears Proposed Ordinance Regarding Foreclosed Homes

September 14, 2011 TN Doctors Have Deep Ties to Drugmakers

September 14, 2011 Advocates: TennCare Call-In Process for Aid Program Isn’t Fair

September 13, 2011 Civil Rights Groups Accuse Perry of ‘Discrimination’ on Voter Law

September 13, 2011 Joe Sando, Pueblo Historian and Writer Dies at 88

September 13, 2011 Louisiana Children’s Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary

September 13, 2011 Census Shows Arizonans Living Below Federal Poverty Level

September 10, 2011 Immigrants Hope for Deportation Reprieves

September 10, 2011 Churches Offering Prayers to Save a Shipyard

September 10, 2011 California Universities Favor Whites

September 10, 2011 Battle Over Proposed Walmart a Flash Point in Logan Square’s Future

September 9, 2011 Child Welfare Groups Seek Inclusion in Plan

September 9, 2011 Large Number of K-3 Students Miss Weeks of School

September 8, 2011 Cook County Passes Historic Immigrant Rights

September 8, 2011 Sustaining Social Change Long After Disaster Strikes

September 8, 2011 Healthcare Costs Rose While Insurance Coverage

September 8, 2011 Video Contest Promotes Public Schools

September 7, 2011 Parents and Children Take Advantage of Free Literacy Event at Tucson

September 7, 2011 American Indians Fall Through Health Care Cracks

September 7, 2011 Natural Gas Violations

September 6, 2011 The Publix CEO Doesn’t Meet with Immokalee Farmworkers

September 6, 2011 Central Subway Becomes Issue in Mayor’s Race

September 6, 2011 Rally Groups Head to Santa Fe for Special Session

September 5, 2011 National Children’s Alliance Director Says Issue is Nationwide

September 4, 2011 U.S., Central American Nations Pledge to Protect Migrant Workers

September 4, 2011 One and Done

September 3, 2011 California Lawmakers Approve State Version of Dream Act

September 3, 2011 Saul Solorzano Touched Thousands of Lives in D.C.’s Central

September 2, 2011 Tennessee Group Wants Sheriff to Apologize to Immigrant

August 31, 2011 State Tries to Explain Deal on Fines in Coal Pollution Trial

August 31, 2011 California Dreaming: Will the State Give Scholarships to Its Undocumented Youths?

August 31, 2011 An Opportunity We Can’t Afford To Miss

August 30, 2011 Graduate From College in 4 Years? Unlikely in Missouri, Illinois.

August 29, 2011 Totem Poles Near Completion

August 29, 2011 The Dollars and Census

August 29, 2011 Local Farmers Protest Publix

August 29, 2011 Demonstrators Call for Minimum Wage Increase in Illinois

August 27, 2011 Agency Helps Abuse Survivors

August 26, 2011 Dealing with Dad’s Deportation

August 26, 2011 Poll: Most of Coal Country Not Fans of Mountaintop Removal

August 25, 2011 Indigenous Student Exchange Explores Cultural Bonds

August 25, 2011 Commission Adopts Final Redistricting Maps for California

August 25, 2011 A Step Toward Better Housing and Economic Development in Indian Country

August 24, 2011 Rick Perry’s Complicated Relationship with Latinos

August 24, 2011 Racism and Wildlife

August 23, 2011 Asian American Assembly District First in State

August 23, 2011 Poverty’s Price in Alabama

August 22, 2011 Feds to Investigate Discrimination Against Blacks in L.A. Projects

August 22, 2011 Poll: MLK’s Dream Realized, but a Gulf Between Races Remains

August 22, 2011 New Law to Boost Transparency in Chicago Public Schools

August 22, 2011 One in Four Families Can’t Afford Food for their Kids

August 21, 2011 Group Protests at Ventura Youth Correctional Facility

August 19, 2011 Flaming Drinking-Water Well in Kentucky Illuminates Big Coal’s Abuses

August 18, 2011 “Corporate Welfare Tour” Hits CME; United, MillerCoors Up Next

August 17, 2011 St. Bernard Parish Discrimination Allegations on Trial

August 17, 2011 Students Help San Ysidro Make Connections

August 16, 2011 Seattle’s ‘Green Jobs’ Program a Bust

August 16, 2011 A Family is Exiled from the U.S.

August 16, 2011 Border Patrol Says Migrant Deaths Along the Arizona Border are Down

August 15, 2011 Redistricting Commission OKs Final Maps

August 15, 2011 Child Protective Services Under Fire After Phoenix Boy Dies

August 15, 2011 Toxins in Calif. Sport Fish Measured

August 11, 2011 Jobs is the Theme as Protesters Rally Again at Reichert Office

August 11, 2011 Report: Latino Hotel Employees Face Low Pay, High Injury Rates Say

August 11, 2011 Ethnic Californians are State’s Environmental Champions

August 10, 2011 Feds Order Illinois Must Cooperate with Deportation Program

August 8, 2011 Demographic Revolution Plays Out at Nursing Home

August 8, 2011 Funding for At-Risk Youth Lacks Oversight, Advocates Say

August 3, 2011 City Lays Off 24, Cuts Overnight Emergency Homeless Services

August 3, 2011 Hard Times Beset Pico-Union Clinics

August 1, 2011 Are Out-of-State Drivers Flooding New Mexico?

August 1, 2011 Illinois governor signs legislation allowing immigrant children to get private scholarships

August 1, 2011 When a Food Desert is an Island

July 31, 2011 NM License Crackdown Could Face Trouble

July 30, 2011 Opinion: California Passes a Partial DREAM Act and Should Pass Part Two

July 26, 2011 Residents Remain Hopeful for Community Benefits

July 25, 2011 In Georgia, Rhetoric on Redistricting is Already Heated

July 22, 2011 Legal Defense Group Sues on Behalf of Day Laborers

July 22, 2011 Young, Homeless Gays Wander Streets of Boystown

July 20, 2011 Promise Neighborhoods Program Underway on Northern Cheyenne Nation

July 19, 2011 Leave No “Road Home” Homeowner Behind: An Editorial

July 19, 2011 Hearing To Address Plaquemines Parish Landfill Concerns

July 18, 2011 Calif. Court Rules in Favor of LA Grocery Workers

July 14, 2011 Forget the Tea Party – Here Comes the Tequila Party

July 14, 2011 NAACP Files Lawsuit Against Maryland Schools

July 10, 2011 The Disappearing Black Middle Class

July 9, 2011 Major Health Problems Linked to Poverty

July 8, 2011 Cain Says Tenn. Mosque Would Spread Islamic Law

July 8, 2011 Improvement Comes Up Short in South Texas Colonias

July 8, 2011 One Year After BP Oil Spill, Asian Fishermen Struggle to Recover

July 8, 2011 Slow Flow of Immigrants Already Impacting California Farms?

July 8, 2011 Equal Voice Group Gives Legislature a Failing Grade

July 6, 2011 Settlement Is Reached in Suit Over Katrina Grants

July 6, 2011 Michele Bachmann’s Foster Care Contradiction

July 4, 2011 California Redistricting Triggers Debate on Hot Issues

June 21, 2011 Wal-Mart Gets a Free Pass For Bias From the Supreme Court

June 21, 2011 Props: Man Robs $1 From Bank To Get Health Care In Prison

June 20, 2011 Lack of Immigration Reform Clouds Future of Some Great Students

June 20, 2011 Forty Year War on Drugs Incits New Orleanians to Protest

June 19, 2011 Debates Erupts Over County’s Reserve Funds

June 19, 2011 Network Looking for Volunteers to Document Abuses

June 14, 2011 Obama Can’t Count on Hispanic Vote