Reports Show Social Security Cuts Would Hit People of Color
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Two new reports say minorities and women, both hard hit by the recession, would struggle more in retirement, if Congress cuts Social Security.
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Tags: africanamericans, congress, entitlementreform, greatrecession, latinos, nationaldebt, obama, poverty, retirement, rockefellerfoundation, socialsecurity, supercommittee, women
From Jim Crow to Juan Crow: Alabama's Civil Rights Legacy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
New America Media’s Paul Kleyman, who was on the 1965 Selma march, reflects on Alabama’s anti-immigrant law -- and the use of water as a racial divide.
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Tags: 60s, alabama, baby boomers, blacks, civil rights, hispanics, immigrants, racism, segregation, selma, water