Five Mitt Romneys, None Electable
First Post, Commentary, Posted: Oct 17, 2012
In last night's town hall, Mitt Romney committed five unforced errors, from Romney's "binders full of women" remark to his Lybia gaffe.
Taxpayers Spend Millions on Valley Fever in Prisons
Vida en el Valle , News Report, Posted: Oct 14, 2012
Californians are locked into contributing to the cost of treating state inmates sickened by valley fever. A yearly price tag of $23 million to guard and care for patients in outside hospitals doesn't even take into account what the state prison system racks up treating valley fever within the prison walls.
Eye on Elections: Latino Voters Decry Gov. Brown's Vetoes
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 11, 2012
"Hecho en California" host Marcos Gutierrez says Latinos are frustrated with Gov. Brown's vetoes of bills that aimed to promote immigrant rights.
Increasing the Relevance of Minority Voters, from an Ethnic Media Perspective
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 04, 2012
According to the Public Disclosure Commission and a survey of local ethnic media, less than $30,000 was spent across 27 ethnic media outlets for campaign advertising in 2011.
Risk of Disenfranchisement High for Ex-Felons
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2012
One in 13 African Americans over the age of 18 has lost the right to vote.
Study: Stress Causes At Least 30% of Blacks to Retain Dangerous Levels of Salt
The NorthStar News & Analysis, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2012
Up to 37 percent of African Americans, mostly men, retain abnormally high levels of salt in their bodies as a result of daily stress.
Fil-Am Workers in CA Win Discrimination Settlement
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2012
Almost 70 Filipino nurses in a California hospital win close to $1 million in the largest settlement so far for a workplace language discrimination case in the U.S. healthcare industry.
Who Are the 47 Percent?
The Root, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 18, 2012
Presidential Republican candidate couldn't have been more wrong when he dismissed half of Americans as entitled freeloaders. This piece originally appeared in The Root.
In a Primetime Magic Act, the Parties Turn Latino
Al Día, Editorial, Posted: Sep 07, 2012
The problem, according to Philadelphia newspaper Al Día, is that it's all smoke and mirrors.
La Opinión on the RNC: Lying as a Political Strategy
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Sep 04, 2012
An editorial in Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión parses some of the "half-truths" in Paul Ryan's speech at the Republican National Convention.
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