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>
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<a href="http://www.cipamericas.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Programa de las Américas</strong></a></p>
<p>Patrick Leahy, líder del comité presupuestario en el Senado estadunidense, congeló la asignación de $95 millones de dólares para el financiamiento de la Iniciativa Mérida, argumentando la falta de una clara estrategia por parte del Departamento de Estado de los EE. UU. y del gobierno mexicano.</p>
First Person:
By Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
Los alimentos que llegan a nuestra mesa han cumplido con una serie de requisitos para estar allí. Los controles gubernamentales tratan de ser estrictos y de garantizar, al menos, que no nos envenenemos tan fácilmente.
Pero lo cierto es que antes de aterrizar en nuestro plato, los alimentos han recorrido largos caminos y –dicen algunos– en esos recorridos han perdido gran parte de su valor nutritivo.