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Latinos Leave Arizona in Droves
June 09, 2010
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If the understated intention of Arizona's new immigration law was to maintain the state's white majority, it appears to be working. New figures suggest that documented and undocumented Latinos are leaving the state amid fears of being racially profiled, detained,...

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Obama and Abbas to Discuss, but Not Deal with Gaza Crisis
June 09, 2010
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives at the White House today for a meeting with President Obama that's not likely to alter the core problems for the administration's policy on Gaza. As international calls for Israel to end its blockade of...

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In Oil Spill, Bayou Tribes Confront Yet Another Invasion
June 09, 2010
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How many invasions can a community take? The Indians of Pointe-au-Chien in Southern Louisiana have endured centuries of colonization and exploitation--under the French, the Americans, and now, the oil industry. But the tiny Pointe-au-Chien community, which is cut off from...

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Anger, But No Shock at Border Patrol Shooting of Teen
June 08, 2010
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Maria del Rosario and Maria Guadalupe Huereca, sister and mother of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca. Last night a 14-year-old boy named Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca on the Mexican side of the El Paso-Juarez border was shot and killed by a...

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BREAKING: La. Sheriff Ordered 'Illegal Alien' Probe of Oil Spill Workers
June 08, 2010
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By Brentin Mock St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stephens acknowledged today that his office requested federal immigration officials search for undocumented workers among those cleaning up BP's oil spill. After a spokesperson for the sheriff's department initially denied involvement*--and federal...

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Border Patrol Kills Mexican Teen Near El Paso, Texas
June 08, 2010
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UPDATE 3:50PM ET: A city spokesperson from teenage victim Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca's hometown of Juarez condemned the shooting, saying that Hernandez was with other friends playing around the international Paso del Norte bridge. CNN reports that Hernandez, who was...

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Helen Thomas Pays for Crossing a Line Others Trample
June 08, 2010
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By now you've heard: pioneering Washington journalist Helen Thomas has, thanks to a viral video interview, been pilloried for offensive comments about Israel and ousted from the press corps' inner sanctum. Her words were definitely incendiary—Jews should “get the hell...

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Texas Settlement Could Be Blueprint for Disaster Recovery
June 08, 2010
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While the government struggles to confront the mounting catastrophe on the Gulf Coast, a legal settlement in Texas is set to put hundreds of millions in long overdue relief funds into the hands of disaster victims. Since the 2008 hurricane...

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Poll: Jobless Insurance Now, Deficit Reduction Later
June 08, 2010
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The Senate is expected to begin debate today on extending unemployment insurance until November. The overwhelming majority of Americans support doing so, according to a new poll, but the Senate is poised to ignore that fact--not to mention the plight...

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Rabbi Who Brought Down Helen Thomas Has Great 'Mexican' Impression
June 07, 2010
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UPDATE 1:00PM ET: Though the 'Holy Weather' video has been removed from youtube by the uploader, Mediaite has re-posted it. Embedded below. ............ This weekend, thirty seconds of video surfaced in which veteran DC reporter Helen Thomas, in a snippet...

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