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Shifting Demographics Drive GOP Nosedive on US West Coast

BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill operated in the Oregon high-desert town along the banks of a scenic river.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 7:58 PM

Grief Grips Peruvian Community One Month After Deadly Fire

LIMA, Peru (AP) — One month after a gas tanker leak triggered fires and explosions that killed 30 people in the Peruvian capital, traumatized survivors and relatives of victims are still waiting to know who was responsible.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 5:15 PM

How Puerto Rico Failed Alexa, the Homeless Trans Woman Murdered in Toa Baja

The public demise of Alexa was violent, morbid, and preventable.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 3:56 PM

Violence, Industry Co-Exist in Conservative Mexican State

IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug war has long played out in dusty northern border cities or the poppy fields of its southern mountains, but now the killings have moved to the conservative industrial heartland state of Guanajuato, creating a strange duality: shiny new auto plants and booming foreign investment even as the state becomes Mexico’s most violent.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 3:46 PM

What Is America’s Education Promise? (A POEM)

Is it the reproduction of inequality
The fueling of wealth disparity
Fulfilling capitalists’ interests

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 3:08 PM

UCLA Study Says ‘Power of the New Majority’ Will Play ‘Outsized’ Role in 2020 Election Cycle

“In a number of critical state contests, white voters will not represent the majority of voters, giving the new majority an outsized role in those states’ presidential contests,” the study says.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 12:37 PM

Brazil Confirms First Case of Coronavirus in Latin America

According to the country’s Health Ministry, the 61-year-old man had recently traveled to Lombardy, Italy, an epicenter of coronavirus in Europe.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 11:20 AM

Court Sides With Trump in ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Grant Fight

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals courts.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 9:48 AM

Texas Looms Large as Super Tuesday Bonanza for Democrats

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bernie Sanders packed a rodeo arena in Dallas. Mike Bloomberg has spent more than $13.5 million on television ads around Houston alone. And neither Joe Biden nor Elizabeth Warren can afford big losses.

  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 9:34 AM

Tribal Leader: Work to Build Border Wall Hurts Sacred Land

PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American leader from Arizona grew emotional Wednesday as he told a congressional committee about the pain members of his tribe feel about U.S. officials blasting through land they consider sacred to build part of President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 7:39 PM

A Guerrilla-To-Entrepreneur Plan in Colombia Leaves Some New Businesswomen Isolated and at Risk

In Colombia, as in other conflict zones, rejoining society after war is generally more challenging for women.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 6:46 PM

New Migration Study Says US Undocumented Population Declined by 1.2 Million Over 8-Year Period

From 2010-2018, large numbers of undocumented residents returned to Mexico, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) noted.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 3:18 PM

Pew Research Says Naturalized Citizens Make Up a Record 10% of U.S. Eligible Voters in 2020

“The number of immigrant eligible voters has increased steadily over the past 20 years, up 93% since 2000,” Pew said.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 2:03 PM

NALEO: Nearly 2.2 Million Latino Voters in Texas Expected to Cast Ballots in 2020 Election

Latino voters expected to play a critical role in the outcome of the Texas Democratic Primary.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 1:30 PM

Siendo un joven cubanoamericano, yo defiendo a Bernie Sanders (OPINIÓN)

Estos ataques falsos contra Bernie Sanders han sido profundamente ofensivos e dolorosos, ya que veo a estos ataques políticos utilizando el sufrimiento de mi abuelo y el de otros presos políticos para avanzar en su cínica agenda política.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 11:24 AM

Brazil Confirms First Coronavirus Case in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who traveled to Italy this month has Latin America’s first confirmed case of the contagious new coronavirus.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 10:52 AM

Former Guatemalan Prosecutor Granted US Asylum

Thelma Aldana pursued prominent anti-corruption cases as prosecutor.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 10:46 AM

Caucusing for Bernie in Bougieland (OPINION)

This IS a movement. I was right.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 10:27 AM

US Official: Disaster Recovery Pace in Puerto Rico Sped Up

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The newly appointed U.S. official charged with overseeing disaster recovery in Puerto Rico said Tuesday that while the pace of federally funded projects to help hurricane and earthquake victims has quickened, he’s worried about long term efforts.

  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 8:46 AM

After No Mention of Immigration in Tonight’s Debate, RAICES Action Demands an Immigration Policy Debate

It is a shame that immigration was, once again, not debated tonight.

  • Feb 25, 2020
  • 11:01 PM

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