Oct 16, 2009
Next week, in a nod to Hispanic Heritage Month, CNN will premiere a two-night, four-hour Latino in America. The documentary purports to thoroughly examine the Hispanic experience.
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CNN just called to tell us that they won't be airing our ad.
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We came to you with big plans: put a TV commercial on the air, calling on CNN to retire Lou Dobbs and his ugly, race-based rhetoric. Check out the latest version of the ad (we cut it down to 30 seconds).Thanks to your dedication and generosity, we've raised the...
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A crowd of thousands gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday, to lobby for and support immigration reform, as Debayani Kar writes for RaceWire. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus "presented his key principles for comprehensive immigration reform" at the rally. They include:
pathway to legalization for undocumented...
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Yesterday the GOP launched a trendy, new website at www.GOP.com.
Only one problem: the GOP, according to the Politico's Ben Smith, completely forgot about its future.
Smith reports:
This is, a youngish Republican points out to me this morning, a bit of an unfortunate place for an empty page on the Republican...
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Joe Arpaio, who calls himself "America's toughest sheriff," has gone rogue. Consumed by ego, accused of racial profiling, and running roughshod over the federal government, this incurable media hound is flirting with another title: "outlaw."
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At an afternoon rally in front of the Capitol, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's immigration task force, said an immigration overhaul is long overdue.
"We simply cannot wait any longer for a bill that keeps our families together, protects our workers and allows a...
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They call themselves Somos Republicans.
But they don't want anything to do with the state Republican Party.
Nor do they want to associate with some of the party's biggest names, such as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio or Sen. Russell Pearce.
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Pro-immigrant religious groups with about 700 members from nine different states plan to rally this afternoon on the West Lawn of the Capitol to press for immigration reform.
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Thousands of people came out across the country to support comprehensive immigration reform around the country today. Here in Washington, several thousand people lobbied their elected officials for serious immigration reform, then held a vigil outside the Capitol in support of family unification. Among those in attendance at the...
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