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15 Dec

Rachel Maddow: What Will Pass in the Senate?

Chris Hayes joined Rachel Maddow to discuss the prospects of the DREAM Act, Don’tÂ Ask Don’t Tell, and other legislation in the Senate in light of how Republicans have used the threat of the fillibuster numerous times, which used to...
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15 Dec

Support LGBT Rights Organizations That Back DREAM Act

ApparentlyÂ ever since Immigration Equality Action Fund came out in support of the DREAM Act, they have been getting someÂ criticism for beingÂ soÂ supportive of a measure that helps legalizeÂ immigrant youth thatÂ were brought by their parentsÂ to this country “illegally”.Â Such criticism, of course,...
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14 Dec

Jon Stewart on Republicans blocking DREAM Act and other legislation

“Since when does the Republican Party make 9/11 responders stand over in the corner with the gays and Mexicans?”-Jon Stewart in a segment he did ridiculing Republicans for blocking a vote on the DREAM Act, repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t...
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12 Dec

Happy Lady of Guadalupe Day

December 12thÂ was the day when Maria, the mother of Jesus, is said to have miraculously appeared as the “Virgin of Guadalupe” on the Hill of Tepeyac, leaving her holy image imprinted on the cloak of an indigenousÂ peasant; the cloakÂ still hangs...
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11 Dec

Attacking DREAM Act, Fox News Betrays American Freedom

In a direct assault of America’s freedom of opportunity, here comes Glenn Beck spewing racist rants attacking the DREAM Act, which would give kids that have grown up their entire lives in the U.S. the chance to make something positive...
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10 Dec

Los Angeles Points to What’s Wrong in Recycling

Summary of what the "Don't Waste L.A." campaign is about in Los Angeles demanding for regulations to do recycling right: creating green jobs and protecting the health of our...
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9 Dec

CNN Erroneously Reports DREAM Act Dead When Very Much Alive

Â Prior to a scheduled vote on the DREAM Act today, Senator Dick Durbin spoke on the Senate floor about this country’s critical need to keep the talents of DREAM Act kids in the U.S. In light of what happened...
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8 Dec

In Historic Vote, House of Reps Passes DREAM Act. What Next?

The House of Representatives voted 216 to 198 to pass the DREAM Act.Â If you missed this political drama, you can watchÂ the entire C-SPAN video here of what took place during the debate on the DREAM.Â According to Politico: House...
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6 Dec

Conservatives Invest in Spanish Outreach

On the heels of Fox News launching a website catering to LatinosÂ and perhaps as a response to the beating the Latino voteÂ handed to the Tea Party in the 2010 midterm elections, the conservative think thank Heritage Foundation is now launching...
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5 Dec

Let’s Make Sure That It Does Get Better For Our Teens

Sometimes fate has a way to rub it in your face that in the end, we all really are in this together.Â Â As previously featured, Project Economic Refugee has been tracking theÂ uncannyÂ commonalities between the experiences that the LGBTQ rights and the...
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