Fil-Ams Unite to Help Lone Filipino Victim of Aurora Rampage
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Jul 30, 2012
The Filipino American community in Aurora is raising money to defray the hospitalization costs of a 17-year-old boy recovering in the intensive care unit of a Colorado hospital, after he was injured in the moving theater shooting rampage.
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S.F. Civil Grand Jury Slams Restaurant Health Care Surcharges
SF Public Press, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2012
San Francisco’s civil grand jury on Thursday chastised many of the city’s restaurants for profiting from surcharges they add to customers’ bills under the name of paying for health care, and recommended that the city ban the practice.
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Tags: civil grand jury, complaints, health care for employees, healthy san francisco, restaurant surcharge
Voter Photo ID Laws Have Harsh Impact on Poor, Elderly and Minority Voters, Study Says
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2012
States' voter ID requirements pose a daunting challenge to many -- especially to people of color.
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Tags: difficult access, people of color, restrictive, rural populations, state, voter ID requirements
Indian Americans Most Educated, Richest, Says Pew Report
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jul 02, 2012
A Pew study out last week says Indian Americans are the most educated of all ethnic groups in the United States, and the richest, as well.
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Tags: dissatisfied, Indian Americans, less positive about homeland, most educated, Pew study, richest