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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Reflecting on the 2010 Census results and the dramatic increase in the U.S. Latino community, I ask myself how we once again find ourselves in the same predicament as ten years ago, with no national sense of urgency to fix Latino education when it has significant implications for our future workforce.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets last week to protest violence related to drug trafficking and the Mexican government’s inability or unwillingness to prevent it.&nbsp; U.S. and international activists who want to show solidarity with the people of Mexico must recognize that the most effective step we can take is to bring the war on drugs to an end.</p>

Redistricting being manipulated by a few

   If you attended the [re-districting] meeting last night (April 19) at the Malcolm X Library – tell me, was not the behavior of those holding political and economic power in City Council District 4 not illustrative of institutionalized racism?

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Republicans in Washington, D.C. continue to push for cuts to housing assistance for veterans, cuts to Medicare, cuts to Social Security, cuts to children’s health, and cuts to job training programs all so that they can keep giving tax breaks to oil companies and the richest Americans.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; As California faces a severe fiscal crisis at the state and local level, my Republican colleagues in the Legislature have suggested a range of “solutions” for California’s budget crisis including instituting a spending cap, repealing environment regulations and reforming our pension system.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Durante los últimos días, la pluma de Pilar Marrero, mi querida colega periodista de de Los Ángeles,&nbsp; le ha puesto en varias ocasiones el dedo en la llaga a un tema &nbsp;ineludible:&nbsp; ¿cuál es el trato que la administración del&nbsp; ahora candidato presidente Barack Obama le ha dado a los inmigrantes?</p>