President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

Indian Country, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2013

“In an instant, neighborhoods were decimated,” he said. “Among the victims were young children who tried to take shelter in the safest place they knew, their school.”

A Medical Procedure One in Three Women Will Have in Their Lifetime

 

Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2013

There is no “type” of woman that has an abortion; the reality is that roughly one in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime. Though anti-choice activists would have us believe otherwise, abortion is a common medical procedure.

1,500 Rally for Mark Carson in New York City’s Gay Mecca

 

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2013

The randomness of Carson’s death has shocked the city’s LGBT community. “Mark is not going to die in vain. We are not going to get beat up in vain,” one rally participant told Mother Jones. “Gay rights, we’re still fighting for them, and the fight is not over. We need to protect each other.” To see photos go here.

Bipartisan Amendment to Keep Families Together Passes Senate Committee

 

New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2013

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amendment to strengthen protections for children in the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill.

Immigration Officers’ Unions Oppose Immigration Reform Bill

 

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2013

Two immigration officers' unions have announced their opposition to the Senate's immigration reform bill.

The Latino Rodney King?

 

NBC Latino, Commentary, Julio Ricardo Varela , Posted: May 19, 2013

“Is this Rodney King all over again, but in Kern County?”

Fatal Bakersfield Beating Highlights Latino Fear of Police

 

New America Media, News Report, Elena Shore, Posted: May 17, 2013

The beating death of a 33-year-old Bakersfield father highlights the Latino community’s ongoing fear of law enforcement there.

New Report Looks at How Foreclosure Undermined Black and Brown Wealth

 

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2013

This foreclosure tidal wave is why wealth for blacks and Latinos is at the lowest level ever recorded. Housing is the leading wealth asset for these two communities.

Los Angeles School To Be Named After Korean American Legend

 

Koream Journal, News Report, Posted: May 16, 2013

Dr. Lee was the first Asian American to win a gold medal for the United States and competed at the London Olympics in 1948 and the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, winning gold medals in the 10-meter platform at both Olympics.

John Boehner Welcomes New Black Son-in-Law

 

The Root, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2013

Lindsay Boehner, daughter of Republican House Majority Leader John Boehner, married Dominic Lakhan, a Jamaican-born construction worker

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