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Voting rights watch: Florida restarts its [previously squelched] voter purge

August 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Immigration, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The fallout continues. States that previously wouldn’t have dared to impose voting restrictions that disenfranchised minorities–and, of course, Democrats–are back in business. Florida is

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Activate your BS detector: You’re gonna need it for the immigration-reform debate

May 1, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Congress, Democrats, Employment, Immigration, Media, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Right-wing politicians, their media allies—and probably somebody at work or in your family—are peddling a lot of bull about immigration reform, a topic that

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Birther goes after 102-year-old voter honored at State of the Union speech

February 13, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Immigration, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The birthers just won’t go away, and now they’re transferred their wrath to Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old Miami voter–born in Haiti–whose  perseverance in the

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Do Democrats look for political gain more than Republicans?

February 8, 2013 Arthur Lieber Democrats, Ethics, Immigration, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

I heard it first from “the man who is so tired of being right about everything that he thinks no one should be allowed

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La Opinion: Obama offers a better vision for the future for everyone in U.S

October 26, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Economy, Immigration, Media, Obama, Politics, Romney, Uncategorized Leave a comment

La Opinion, the biggest Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S., has endorsed President Obama for re-election, saying that on November 6, “there is no clearer

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Romney’s VP options: Exciting vs. boring

July 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Immigration, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

For Democrats, the third week of June 2012 was a good one, as Republicans floundered over their Vice-Presidential sweepstakes. Consciously or sloppily, presumptive Republican

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President Obama’s DREAM decision: Facts and fallacies

June 19, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Congress, Government, Immigration, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

It’s the right thing to do. President Obama has made a bold and historic decision for his administration to use its legal authority to

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