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Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley has made it official: he won’t run for a fourth term, and he’s throwing his support behind Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Jacquelyn Lacey (pictured), who could become the first African-American and first woman to hold the post. However, Lacey will face another African-American woman on the D.A’s staff, Danette Meyers, Read More →
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In the wake of President Obama’s meeting Tuesday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss immigration reform, a coalition of the 30 leading Hispanic organizations in the United States has issued a statement calling for the President to take steps “immediately.” Lillian Rodriguez-López, chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, said: “We appreciate the series Read More →
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Celebrate Death, and He may mistake your exuberant joy as an open invitation to visit your house next. That quote, from New Jersey-based poet/writer Ghana Imani Hylton, was typical of some of the more restrained online reaction to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by U.S. forces. While exuberant crowds celebrated outside the White House Read More →
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Anger continues to mount over Donald Trump’s role in President Obama being forced to release his long-form birth certificate. Trump has relished in taking credit for the President’s move, but now he and advertisers for his NBC show, “Celebrity Apprentice,” are the target of boycott threats. And a host from sister network MSNBC is calling Read More →
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President Obama just got re-elected. If the reaction to the White House’s release of the President’s long-form birth certificate is any indication, there will be a record turnout in November, 2012, and Barack Obama will serve a second term. A lot of different factors can energize an electorate. In 2008 it was the prospect of Read More →
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The Pew Hispanic Center has been digging deep into last year’s election and finds that 6.6 million Latinos went to the polls—a record turnout for a mid-term election. According to the report: Latinos also were a larger share of the electorate in 2010 than in any previous midterm election, representing 6.9% of all voters, up from Read More →
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By Wendy Carrillo On April 8, after nearly shutting down the government, Congressional leaders agreed to a short-term budget deal that will cut $38 billion in spending for the last six months of this fiscal year. The spending cuts are the largest in American history and will likely have a disproportionate impact on Latinos and Read More →
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The new Executive Director of ACLU’s Southern California branch has big shoes to fill. As of last month, Hector Villagra has taken over for Ramona Ripston in a position she filled for 38 years. Villagra, the first Latino to hold the post, seems like the perfect person for the job. A native of Southern California, Villagra, Read More →
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Los Angeles 9th District councilwoman Jan Perry has filed paperwork to run for mayor in 2013. Perry, who is in her third term, represents parts of downtown and South L.A and joins radio personality Kevin James, City Controller Wendy Greuel, and businessman Y.J. Draiman as official candidates. Other possible candidates include L.A. council president Eric Garcetti, Read More →
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Tuesday’s municipal election continued the decades-long winning streak for incumbents on the L.A. City Council. The District 14 showdown between incumbent José Huizar (pictured) and challenger Rudy Martinez had been a personal, contentious, sometimes bizarre campaign. But Huizar won easily, by a margin of 64%-36%. The only close City Council race was in District 8 Read More →
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