Obama administration scales back deportations in policy shift
Leave your thoughtsThe Obama administration has begun a profound shift in its enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, aiming to hasten the…
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20 states just raised the minimum wage. It wasnt enough.
Leave your thoughtsOn New Year’s Day, minimum wage increased in 20 states. More states will bump pay later this year. The first…
As Obama hands many immigrants a reprieve, hucksters wait to defraud them
Leave your thoughtsBig changes in federal immigration policy are big business for notarios, consultants who seemingly possess the legal power to help…
Immigration hardliners: No room for us at CPAC
Leave your thoughtsConservative foes to immigration reform say leaders of the Conservative Political Action Committee have found a way to solve internal…
Low bank wages costing the public millions, report says
Leave your thoughtsAlmost a third of the country’s half-million bank tellers rely on some form of public assistance to get by, according…
Activists to fast on Capitol Hill until Congress passes immigration reform
Leave your thoughtsAs an icy wind whipped the sides of a packed tent, five activists committed themselves Tuesday (Nov. 12) to fast…
DCPS to propose school closures as resistance simmers
Leave your thoughtsA long-anticipated round of proposed school closures will be announced in the next few weeks, Chancellor Kaya Henderson said Wednesday.…
Occupy Romney!
Leave your thoughts“Who needs some trickle-down champagne?” asked the woman wearing a black feather boa, as men in top hats passed out…
Businesses, like the protesters, need to stand up
Leave your thoughtsI opened Superstar Deli, the business I own and run, in 1985, a few years after I immigrated to New…
New Analysis Blasts Obamas School Turnaround Policy — and Tells How to Fix It
Leave your thoughtsThe Obama administrations approach to improving the most troubled schools are nothing more than a toughened version of largely unsuccessful…