Healthcare and education advocates, and Democratic legislative leaders, are expressing outrage at the proposals Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made last week for a 10 percent across-the-boards cut in the state’s budget, to offset a $14.5 billion shortfall anticipated in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
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BALTIMORE — La alcaldesa Sheila Dixon de Baltimore, Maryland está demandando al banco Wells Fargo por buscar dirigirse a los afronorteamericanos con préstamos hipotecarios de alto riesgo. Esta iniciativa histórica subraya las prácticas prestamistas discriminatorias que violan las leyes federales a través del país.
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Jan. 19, 2008
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Sindicalistas de por todo el país se están reuniendo en esta ciudad desde el 17 hasta al 21 de enero para conmemorar la vida del gran líder por los derechos civiles Martín Luther King.
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Jan. 19, 2008
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It’s a good sign to see Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama providing leadership on race and gender equality. The candidates decided to dial down the volume on what was becoming a brew of racism and political wrangling that would only leave voters with a bad taste in their mouths.
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Jan. 19, 2008
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Union members from across the U.S. are gathering here Jan. 17-21 for labor’s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the history-making Memphis sanitation workers’ strike. King was assassinated here in 1968 while supporting the striking workers’ stand for dignity and union rights.
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Jan. 19, 2008
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BALTIMORE — Mayor Sheila Dixon has filed a lawsuit charging Wells Fargo bank with targeting African American homebuyers for subprime loans. The groundbreaking initiative has thrown a spotlight on discriminatory lending across the nation in violation of federal law.
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Jan. 19, 2008
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The turmoil in financial markets and the bailout to the tune of $700 billion has turned the public eye and wrath on Wall Street and Washington. While millions are aware of the triggering causes, ranging from predatory lending to deregulation to insatiable greed, what isn’t so obvious is the longer-term process that brought our financial system and economy to the edge of the abyss.
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WASHINGTON — Millones de niños, ancianos, gente enferma o incapacitada van a sufrir porque el presidente Bush y sus aliados republicanos en el Congreso bloquearon aumentos de fondos en programas de ayuda a gente de bajo ingresos.
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Dec. 22, 2007
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El obispo católico Edward J. Slattery de la Diócesis de Tulsa en Oklahoma fuertemente criticó en una carta pastoral el 25 de noviembre una nueva ley contra los indocumentados y dijo que la iglesia va a desobedecer dicha ley. La ley, que entró en vigencia el 1 de noviembre, convierte en delito estatal transportar a indocumentados, les niega un número de beneficios y pone obstáculos a que puedan trabajar.
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Dec. 22, 2007
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CHICAGO — El pasado octubre una coalición de organizaciones de salud llamada Comunidad de Salud del Área del Parque Humboldt, presentó un informe titulado, “Un Llamado a la Acción: Sobre el VIH/SIDA en las Comunidades Latinas de Illinois”.
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Dec. 22, 2007
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