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October 2008 - Posts
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Polls show that Hispanic Christians, who see immigration as a “profoundly religious issue,” abandoned the GOP over the tone set during the Republican primaries. Read More...
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The country's booming Latino population could have a big impact on the presidential election. Read More...
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The phone rings, you answer and the Robo Call asks: "If you find it disturbing to think of long lines of African Americans who had... Read More...
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The monthly poker night held by members of the Latin-Anglo Alliance here is strictly social. No work. No politics. Read More...
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How fitting that the most Latinized presidential campaign season in history enters its final week with the Democratic candidate looking deep into our eyes and carefully pronouncing 65 words in Spanish. Read More...
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Los Angeles producer Phillip Rodriguez is two programs deep in what he hopes will become a provocative PBS series about the country’s growing Latino population. Read More...
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There's plenty of fun to be had this Halloween in The City and on the Peninsula. AP What to do this Halloween and the rest of the weekend. Ghoulish improv: True Fiction Magazine, an improv-theater troupe, presents its Halloween show. Using a single suggestion, Read More...
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Even though his chances of winning are slim, 22-year-old Christopher Ramirez is running for a seat in the state Legislature to represent a part of Yakima County. Read More...
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Hispanics compose the fastest-growing ethnic minority in the United States. They number more than 44 million people, but represent only about nine percent of the total electorate. Read More...
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When Barack Obama takes to the airwaves Wednesday night, he'll enjoy a rare luxury in presidential campaigns: a half-hour of uninterrupted advertising time bought on several of the nation's largest television networks. Read More...
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When Barack Obama takes to the airwaves Wednesday night, he'll enjoy a rare luxury in presidential campaigns: a half-hour of uninterrupted advertising time bought on several of the nation's largest television networks. Read More...
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Antonio Gonzalez has been at his job a long time, and he knows his business like the back of his hand. As head of Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP), Mr. Gonzalez is an expert on the dynamics of voter turnout and the intricacies of Read More...
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Economic strife drives Hispanic vote (3:13 p.m.) Read More...
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Larry Gonzalez is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week he contributes a campaign journal documenting his life out on the trail. PUEBLO, Colorado--The "Home of... Read More...
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Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- A boundary runs just west of Dulles International Airport in Virginia that you won't find on any map. It's a line that may mark the political divide that determines whether Barack Obama or John McCain wins the White House. Read More...
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Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- A boundary runs just west of Dulles International Airport in Virginia that you won't find on any map. It's a line that may mark the political divide that determines whether Barack Obama or John McCain wins the White House. Read More...
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CARBONDALE - To help ensure that Barack Obama is elected, Magda Santiago this year convinced her friends that they have to vote for the first time. Read More...
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Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- A boundary runs just west of Dulles International Airport in Virginia that you won't find on any map. It's a line that may mark the political divide that determines whether Barack Obama or John McCain wins the White House. Read More...
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Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- A boundary runs just west of Dulles International Airport in Virginia that you won't find on any map. It's a line that may mark the political divide that determines whether Barack Obama or John McCain wins the White House. Read More...
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Since President Bush's call for a $700 billion Wall Street bailout and the first presidential debate, polls have found that Obama has edged ahead of Republican John McCain in this Western battleground state with nine electoral votes. Obama was up by 5 Read More...
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In an aggressive effort to woo Hispanic voters, both parties have spent millions of dollars on Spanish-language advertising in swing states such as Florida. There are 1.7 million eligible Hispanic voters in Florida, which is 9 percent of all U.S. Hispanic Read More...
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TODAY Elisa Kleven Reads from "Wish." 11:30 a.m. Kepler's, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. Marc Tyler Nobleman Discusses "Boys of Steel." 3-5 p.m. Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St., S.F. (415) 227-8666. Poetry and Jazz of the Diaspora.. Read More...
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A Hispanic voting bloc could be a swing vote in the election, researchers say, and although Latino Protestants have become a surprisingly strong source of support for presidential candidate Barack Obama, it's hardly uniform. • Read the story Read More...
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Some say campaign a major step forward in race relations Read More...
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Some say campaign a major step forward in race relations Read More...
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Hispanics are a potential swing vote in the 2008 election, largely because of their strategic locations on the Electoral College map. In swing states like Wisconsin, a strong Hispanic turnout could prove decisive. Read More...
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A report by the Pew Hispanic Center indicated the increase in the number of Hispanics since 2000 was largely driven by births in the United States. Read More...
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LOS ANGELES — In a historic change with political and cultural implications for the nation's largest minority group, a baby boom has helped Latinos account for just over half of the overall population growth in the United States since 2000, according Read More...
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Jorge Ramos, Univisión's news anchor, claims he has conducted more one-on-one interviews with the 2008 presidential candidates than any other anchor in the mainstream media. So far, he has interviewed Barack Obama twice and John McCain three times. Read More...
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At Gun World and Archery on the outskirts of Elko, Farnes Williams is talking politics. At the same time, he brandishes an assault rifle of the sort John Rambo might use to single-handedly take out a Burmese military base. The weapon, he says, lies at Read More...
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A Thursday poll puts the presidential vote at 48 percent for Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden versus 45 percent for Arizona Sen. John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin. Four percent are undecided in the new poll conducted by George Washington Read More...
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Marisa Trevino was blogging from her Texas home last fall when the e-mail from Hillary Clinton landed in her mailbox. Clinton was the first to respond, but not the last. Read More...
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For the first time ever, the increasing Hispanic population accounts for more than half of the overall population growth in the country, and the boom is coming from a new source. Read More...
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The UW –Madison Latino Summit 2008 will discuss the ways the university can further meet the needs of the fastest-growing minority on campus. Read More...
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Change is on the horizon for one of Oklahoma's poorest communities, Tulsa's District 72. The July 29 Democratic primary resulted in a runoff between Christie Breedlove, a lifelong resident of the district, and Seneca Scott, newcomer to the political arena. Read More...
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BRIDGEPORT -- A who's who of Latino political leaders and activists came together Tuesday -- the last day for mail-in voter registration for the Nov. 4 election -- to stress the importance of the Read More...
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Obama, McCain Target Minority Voters in Battleground States Read More...
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'IRON MAN' FIRING SHOCKS TERRENCE HOWARD: Actor says he found out he was dropped from film when rest of the world did. *Terrence Howard says he found out about Don Cheadle replacing him in the forthcoming "Iron Man" sequel the way everyone else did – Read More...
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Tue, Oct 21, 2008 (12:45 a.m.) On Sunday mornings, Rose Chavez volunteers to greet people at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, a Hispanic congregation that worships in the renovated former headquarters of a meatpacking company on the outskirts of Read More...
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On Sunday mornings, Rose Chavez volunteers to greet people at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, a Hispanic congregation that worships in the renovated former headquarters of a meatpacking company on the outskirts of town, surrounded by fields of cabbage Read More...
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On Sunday mornings, Rose Chavez volunteers to greet people at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, a Hispanic congregation that worships in the renovated former headquarters of a meatpacking company on the outskirts of town, surrounded by fields of cabbage Read More...
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White House front-runner Barack Obama Monday accused John McCain of launching an "ugly" bid to stave off defeat at the start of a blitz of crucial swing-state Florida with Hillary Clinton. Read More...
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WHITE House front-runner Barack Obama has accused John McCain of launching an "ugly'' bid to stave off defeat. Read More...
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The turnover in California voter registration margins reinforces a vexing trend for Republicans in the nation's most populous state. Once welcoming for its presidential candidates, the GOP has all but surrendered California in those contests. Read More...
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WASHINGTON — For all their differences, Barack Obama and John McCain have often shared common ground on one volatile issue: immigration. Read More...
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Officer says he was punished after accusing colleagues of discrimination. Read More...
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Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama is running even with or ahead of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in support by white voters. If those numbers hold, with a changing electorate, pollsters say Obama will win on Nov. 4. Read More...
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Hispanic educators and civic leaders said Wednesday that immigration reform, cultural integrity and human rights are the top issues for Latino voters in Michigan during a panel discussion at WMU. Related stories • Hispanic leaders to talk politics at Read More...
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Btw, when I say that abortion has been used as a major issue ‘to very little effect’, I mean that Roe v Wade has never been overturned… thus far. Read More...
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The rapidly growing Hispanic population is a favorite target for companies looking to sell products, banks seeking new deposits and politicians scrambling for votes. Read More...
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Tomas 'Tom' Saenz Sr. learned the value of taking a risk and helping others from his parents, son says. Read More...
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A Minneapolis police officer says he lost out on job advancement in retaliation from colleagues whom he accused in 2005. Read More...
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ESCONDIDO ---- Upgrading city parks, whether downtown needs a luxury hotel, and a policy allowing Escondido police officers to drive their patrol cars home were among the key issues debated Tuesday night at a City Council candidates forum. Read More...
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Immigrants add $1.6 billion annually in spending to the states economy and fill a critical role in the work force, acco... Read More...
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Immigrants add $1.6 billion annually in spending to the state's economy and fill a critical role in the work force, according to a new study that was to be released Wednesday by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Read More...
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