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<p> Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia just asserted for a second time that our Constitution does not protect women against discrimination. That was one of the arguments for passing the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and ironically, people of Scalia’s “conservative” persuasion often countered that the ERA was not needed precisely because women are already protected by the 14th Amendment.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Biggest Obstacle: Opponents in My Own Community</span></p>
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<p>JUAREZ, Mexico —In a world upside-down, Marisela Escobedo, a mother seeking justice for the killing of her teenage daughter, was executed a few days ago right in front of the Chihuahua state governors office. Meanwhile, a drug cartel has offered to find the killer.</p>
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<p> While the criminalization of undocumented people in Arizona continues to draw headlines, the actual punishment of workers because of their immigration status has become an increasingly bitter fact of life across the country. The number of workplace raids carried out by the Obama administration is staggering. Tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of workers have been fired for not having papers.</p>
México del Norte
Por Jorge Mújica Murias
Manuel R. Lopez, Jr. to Serve as Representative for San Diego Region’s Read more…