Editorial: The $38-billion spending cut package that was agreed to by the Read more…
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<p> 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> 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. </p>
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who speak without thinking and Read more…
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<p> Durante los últimos días, la pluma de Pilar Marrero, mi querida colega periodista de de Los Ángeles, le ha puesto en varias ocasiones el dedo en la llaga a un tema ineludible: ¿cuál es el trato que la administración del ahora candidato presidente Barack Obama le ha dado a los inmigrantes?</p>
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<p> One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 12, 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired. A century and a half later, the issue of race still haunts us.</p>
<p> Back then, most everyone understood that America’s bloodiest war — more than 623,000 dead — had its roots in race. But race is not a subject Americans like to think about anymore. At every turn, prominent voices try to pretend that since we’ve achieved a colorblind society, we can forget all that old unpleasantness.</p>
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<p> <strong>: I grant you a magic wand; now, tell me how do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny? Is it to correct his legacy and call out the crimes and recognize the victims? Or should the land be given back? What is it, my fellow American? </strong></p>
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