By Pilar Marrero The Obama administration started multi-year research on approaches that would improve data on Latinos of all races, but the Trump administration dropped all efforts and went ahead with questions that will probably un... Read more
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Volunteers Help New AZ Voters Make Plan to Cast Ballots
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Vote As If Your Life Depended On It
Javier Sierra Four years of Donald Trump in the White House have left the country sick, impoverished and e... Read more
The Urgent Road Toward the Vote for Democratic Normalcy
David Torres These truly are not normal times. And in this abnormality, an infinite number of offenses hav... Read more
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Diane Irvin and Willem O’Reilly I was raised not to discuss politics with those whose views might differ f... Read more
CA City Must Remove Noose From Its Official Logo
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Urooj Alavi I work as a registered nurse in an intensive care unit in Southern California. Since the COV... Read more
Prioritize Funding for Women and their Families
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by David Torres on October 6, 2020 As we enter the final stretch of the U.S. electoral process, there are... Read more
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Family Separation: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?
Stunning. During the Senate Judiciary Hearings, Amy Coney Barrett refused to denounce Trump’s family... Read more
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‘Our Victory Has To Be Overwhelming, Extraordinary’
Maribel Hastings For the former Democratic Congressman from Illinois, Luis Gutiérrez, the spectacle of Don... Read more