Commentary: By Sarita Gupta This month, a new film documenting Cesar Chavez’s Read more…
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<p><span style="font-size: large;">(Pero no quieren que lo sepan)</span></p>
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<p>Durante años, quienes se oponen a la inmigración aseguran que los recién llegados no representan algo positivo para la sociedad porque abusan de los recursos públicos recibiendo más beneficios que los impuestos que pagan.</p>
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<p>The two high-tech workers laughed when asked if they could afford the smartphones made by their colleagues on Mexican production lines. “No, no, no,” chuckled Maria and Alma, two Guadalajara workers who have labored for years in Mexico’s Silicon Valley. A cheap $20 cell phone has to make do for Maria, while Alma uses a similarly low-priced contraption she won on a five-dollar raffle ticket. “It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity, especially when you have kids,” Alma said.</p>
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<p> This summer we’ve seen wild swings in the stock market, a last-minute debt deal, and even a rocking east coast earthquake. But one thing we haven’t seen – from Memorial Day to Labor Day – is any improvement in the economy.</p>
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<p> In the cut-throat property services industry, building contracts turn over quickly. A janitor like Maria Trujillo might find out at the end of her shift in the hospital where she works that the contractor that employs her has been replaced—something that’s happened to her three times in six years.</p>