Border Politics: Debating Immigration Policy
More than 68,000 children have been apprehended at the border between the United States and Mexico this year, a sharp increase compared to last year, though the monthly totals have declined in recent months.. To begin, watch this video of the.
FL-Gov: Iraq War Vet Sues Rick Scott (R) Over Losing State.
http://www.miamiherald.com/. After nearly four years, Gov. Rick Scott has appointed fewer African-Americans to Florida judgeships than either Charlie Crist or Jeb Bush did in the same period of time. Scott has appointed nine black attorneys to judgeships in nearly four years, according to data.. Democratic candidate for governor Charlie Crist wants to invest in business incubation, create a thriving solar energy industry, and usher in a new age of space exploration.
Charter Schools and The Profit Motive | JONATHAN TURLEY
Although the April 9 breakfast with Mr. Cuomo was not a formal fund-raiser, the hedge fund managers have been wielding their money to influence educational policy in Albany, particularly among Democrats, who control both the Senate and the... New investigations by the Miami Herald and StateImpact Florida raise serious concerns about Floridas charter schools ��� including whos profiting from them, and whether they are serving kids with severe disabilities.
Trade-off: Deal splits Democrats between business, labor
Under the legislation, Congress gets an up-or-down vote on any such deals, but in exchange cannot make changes ��� a concern for labor, environmental and other interest groups. The divisions hang over 2016 presidential politics, too, as Democratic .
Democrats Courting Floridas Changing Cuban Voters.
Now that hes a Democrat and trying to regain his old job, he has floated the idea of going to Havana ���to learn from the people of Cuba and help find opportunities for Florida businesses.. More than one-third of the Cubans residing in Miami-Dade County arrived after 1995, with many supporting travel and trade policies that strengthen ties between the U.S. and Cuba, said Guillermo Grenier, a lead researcher for.. The Miami Herald �� NewsRadio 610 WIOD/100.3 FM.
Union Watch Highlights | Union Watch
From pressuring Democrats into changing U.S. Senate rules to advance its chosen labor law arbiters to protesting for a potentially self-enriching higher minimum wage (despite the average private-sector union member earning more than.. Commissioner Esteban ���Steve��� Bovo, citing a Miami Herald report, has sponsored legislation directing county administrators who must renegotiate union contracts next year to eliminate or reduce the number of exempt employees.
On the Shoulders of Giants - Truthout
Most of the tactics of this campaign however were borrowed from prior social movements, including the civil rights and labor movements, the womens movement and old-school political campaigning. For example.. [14] A brilliant misdirection centering on race took place in the decade between 1998 and 2008.. [17] On the day after the election, the Miami Herald observed that Senator Obama was the First Democrat[ic] candidate to Win Floridas Hispanic Vote.[18].
Black Viewpoints on the Mid-East Conflict - US Campaign to.
A similar appeal was made in 1973 by more than seventy-five Black trade unionists, who applauded the democratic spirit which prevailed in Israel. The labour leaders recalled the close linkage which had existed between��.
Thursday, March 5, 2015 | Kaiser Health News
(Chabeli Herrera, The Miami Herald, 3/5). Political Cartoon: Take. Supreme Court justices split along ideological lines Wednesday in a dramatic but collegial showdown in the latest legal battle over the Affordable Care Act, with the outcome difficult to predict. If President Obama could... Connecticut became the first state in the nation in 2011 to pass a law requiring businesses with 50 or more employees to offer five paid days off for illnesses. Gov. Dannel Malloy, a��.
What J. Los Movie Gets Wrong - The Daily Beast
Then, in a surprise twist, she has a breakthrough about love, and delivers, first, her speech to Stan between contractions and in full view of the farmers market where he sells homemade goat cheese, and second, twin girls at the hospital... It had taken a month for his hometown newspaper, the Miami Herald, to notice that the 38-year-old Miami lawyer, once a leader in the state House, had formally joined the race.. He was living off the land,��� an early supporter said.
Francis Gary Powers who was the pilot of an infamous U-2 spy plane shot down.
He experienced 61 consecutive days of interrogation by the KGB and was tried and convicted for espionage and was set to spend up to ten years in prison, including seven years of hard labour. The U-2 pilot was hit. The argument flared up during the.
The Jewish Daily Forward Defined the Word Obamas Now.
He sent to Europe a young organizer, Irving Brown, and they set up the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions���anticommunist trade unions responsive not to a party or a government but to a vote of their members. It was the. It had taken a month for his hometown newspaper, the Miami Herald, to notice that the 38-year-old Miami lawyer, once a leader in the state House, had formally joined the race.. He was living off the land,��� an early supporter said.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer
���It borders on crossing the line between good evidence-based medicine and simply trying to deal with the desperate hopes of desperate patients,��� says Allen Lichter, chief executive officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Nonetheless.
Miamis Cuban Americans react to Cuba policy shifts
Some Cuban exiles rejoiced at the prospect of easier access to their relatives. Some swelled with guarded optimism over the prospect of thawing relations between the United States and the communist island. And some were��.
Control in Olympia, SC doesnt suck, secret TPP��� - The Stand
ALSO at The Stand ��� WSLC election endorsement convention is this Saturday, May 10 ��� Unlike corporations and business groups, organized labor has an open and democratic process by which candidates and ballot measures earn union support, and.. But the views of the wealthy on these hot-button topics vary significantly by political affiliation, suggesting millionaires are as split as the rest of the country between Democratic and Republican beliefs.
Charlie Crist (D) Trolls Lt. Gov. Lopez-Cantera (R) - Daily Kos
http://miami.cbslocal.com/. An awkward political moment between state Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera and former governor Charlie Crist was caught on camera. During a speech at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches.. Scott holds 71% of the Republican base, compared to Crist, who holds 80% of the Democratic base. Independents split. Conservatives vote 7:1 Republican. Liberals vote 8:1 Democratic. Importantly, moderates break 7:4 for the Democrat Crist.
Sister Wives Season 2: Fundamentalist Polygamous.
Her work has appeared in Mother Jones and The Miami Herald... ���Most people divide politicians between Republican and Democrat; if you are in this business you divide it between the ones that look out for the citizens and the ones who look out for the corporations. There you. In one of her books, Hillary Clinton noted labors dissatisfaction as her husbands administration prepared to push the North American Free Trade Agreement through Congress in the 1990s.
The Cuban Economy - La Econom��a Cubana | POLL.
But support has grown more than 20 points among Republicans in the years since, with 57 percent now supporting trade with Cuba and 64 percent supporting travel between the countries. But Republicans. The survey , sponsored by El Nuevo Herald, the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times, found a clear generational split, with 64 percent of U.S.-born Cubans supporting Obamas policy while 53 percent of Cuban immigrants opposed it. The Post-ABC poll was��.
2011 NBA Lockout: Full Coverage Of Leagues Labor Dispute
The scribe reports that the deal approved by players and league officials Saturday morning delays the onset of the more punitive luxury tax schedule, the repeater tax and the restriction on sign-and-trade deals for teams over the tax threshold.. Knicks owner James Dolan blew off the two-day desperation labor session between the NBA and players union in Manhattan with one source saying he has been sickened by the failure of his fellow owners to make a deal.
151 House Dems Tell Obama We Wont Fast-Track TPP
We write to express our serious concern with the ongoing negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a potential agreement of tremendous consequence for our country. Specifically, we remain... We could promise to embrace the Democrats Deficit Commission recommendations in exchange for holding off on more anti-worker Free Trade deals? Actually, aside from.. or policy toward Israel. http://miamiherald.typepad.com/.