By Joshua Miller
Roll Call (July 9, 2012)
State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, seen here campaigning last month, conceded again to Rep. Charlie Rangel today, bringing the contentious primary officially to a close. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by her life as an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years.
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By Khalil Abdullah
New America Media
Congressional Republican attacks on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, says Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore, may be about more than “Fast and Furious.”
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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>MERIDA, Mexico</strong> — In the wake of Mexico’s presidential election Sunday, analysts are expecting Mexico to launch a major “blitzkrieg surge” against the drug cartels during current president Felipe Calderon’s lame duck period.</p>
<p>President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto won’t take office until Dec. 1, leaving a five-month period during which Mexico is expected to intensify its drive against the drug cartels.</p>
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<strong>Jewish News of Greater Phoenix</strong></p>
<p><strong>PHOENIX, Ariz.</strong> — In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 ruling that strikes down three parts of SB1070, Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law, and keeps intact Section 2, which has been dubbed by its foes as “show me your papers,” a consensus appears to be building among Jewish voices in the state calling for Congress to reform immigration laws and enforcement, while securing the border.</p>
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<strong>Frontera NorteSur</strong></p>
<p>Making a surprise appearance in a television time slot that was previously billed as an official first look at the day’s election results, Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party 8 (PRI) strode before the television cameras late in the evening of July 1 to give a victory speech even as the ballots were still being counted.</p>
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<p>El verano de 2009 fue tan ardiente como el que estamos viviendo este año. El calor era agobiante, la humedad inaguantable y la sensación que el asfalto de las calles estaba a punto de derretirse víctima de los incandescentes rayos del sol, era evidente.</p>
<p>Lo que también estuvo candente, hace tres años, fue el movimiento de los amotinados del Partido del Te contra el presidente Barack Obama y su proyecto de reforma de salud.</p>
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<strong>Special to La Prensa</strong></p>
<p>Former president of Costa Rica and current president of global nonprofit the Carbon War Room, Jose Maria Fig-ueres addressed the Clean Energy San Diego event put on by Ygrene Energy Fund, a leading provider of clean energy finance programs for local governments.</p>