<p><span style="font-size: 0.83em;">, Associated Press&nbsp;|&nbsp;August 26, 2013<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 0.83em;">HOUSTON CHRONICLE</span></p>
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — When 250,000 marchers converged on Washington in August 1963, the issues were jobs and freedom.</p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>The same morning Hillary Clinton was using her highly visible stature at the recent American Bar Association convention to call for increased protection for Americans’ right to vote, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law that strips all residents of same-day voter registration, shortens early voter registration and imposes onerous voter ID requirements.</p>

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<p>Junto con la vecina Tijuana, San Diego es el hogar de una inmensa variedad de chefs latinos y restaurantes que están creando un movimiento culinario emocionante en la región fronteriza, según el director de un próximo festival de comida.</p>

Editorial:

The 45th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public Attitudes Toward the Public Schools was released this week and it took a close look at the new Common Core Standards being implemented across the country. What they found was that 62% of the folks never heard of the Common Core and those that have heard of it either didn’t understand it, or didn’t endorse it. Yet, these Standards are being described as “one of the most ambitious initiatives in our lifetime.”

Commentary:
Al Día

For immigration reform to mean anything it’s got to make it easier for all undocumented immigrants to regularize their status in the United States — not just DREAM-Act eligible young people.

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<strong>Colorlines</strong></p>
<p>This week, the nation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with events in Washington, D.C., and many other cities. A hot summer of race news—Moral Mondays to preserve voting rights in North Carolina, the efforts of the Dream 9 to expose the vagaries of our immigration policy, and those of the Dream Defenders to undo Florida’s Stand Your Ground law—have led many to speculate on whether we are at the start of a new civil rights movement.</p>