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Acme Casting holds film auditions in D.M. Sunday 4 Jul 2009 10:32 GMT
... Calling all pirates, hipsters and people with interesting ... Marinella is also looking particularly for Asians, Hispanics, dwarves, twins and triplets. He also needs ...
Equality on trial 4 Jul 2009 10:31 GMT
... For the fourth time in six cases, the Supreme ... about qualifications simply because this nominee is Hispanic and a woman? Have we become that ...
Soccer needs to be open 4 Jul 2009 10:30 GMT
... excited about the prospect of bringing young Latino and African-Americans into the mainstream. But any ... got a problem." The challenge of attracting Latinos and African-Americans is vastly different. Young Latinos have ...
Mural on sidewall of Silvina's Basket a go 4 Jul 2009 10:21 GMT
... The proposed mural to go on the east facing ... so having the majority of figures be Hispanic is appropriate. The mural falls inline with ...
Teachers lounge gets a stylish touch of class 4 Jul 2009 10:21 GMT
... Teachers lounge gets a stylish touch of class ... Balboa Elementary School, a school with a Hispanic population of 97 percent, because of their ...

At Nearly 80, Sí, Dolores Huerta Can 4 Jul 2009 09:51 GMT
... challenged by the rapid aging of the Hispanic population in the United States. Expected to ... double in the next two decades, the Latino population of those age 65 or older ... very elderly parents. Although Huerta noted that Latinos are deeply reluctant to place their elders ...
Feds Say They Want Stimulus Funds to Reach Minority-Owned Businesses 4 Jul 2009 09:51 GMT
... Feds Say They Want Stimulus Funds to Reach Minority-Owned ... month. But an official with the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce says thus far, the ...
For Waters center, funds dry up 4 Jul 2009 09:51 GMT
... record highs, and the recession is more like a depression for the black and Latino residents of Watts." The center is "certainly not a pet project," said Waters, whose anger ...
Letters: We need good public schools 4 Jul 2009 09:50 GMT
... Our public education system enabled me to succeed beyond ... Do we challenge or belittle blacks and Hispanics when they ask to be referred to ...
AP Top News at 1:54 a.m. EDT 4 Jul 2009 09:50 GMT
... (AP) - WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly ... results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well, according to new documents that ...

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Latino to lead Unitarians 4 Jul 2009 09:31 GMT
... The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Morales, senior minister of Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, ...
Immigration rules fail to make ballot 4 Jul 2009 09:30 GMT
... YAKIMA – Proponents of a state initiative that called ... has one of the highest concentrations of Hispanic communities in the state. The area’s vast ...
ICE targets employers 4 Jul 2009 09:22 GMT
... The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses ... said Jesse Gutierrez, executive director of Nevada Hispanic Services. "There's always been talk about cracking ...
Rights group Sotomayor advised fought job tests 4 Jul 2009 09:22 GMT
... Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund represented Hispanic sanitation workers in New York City who ... I don't know of very many prominent Latino or minority lawyers or judges who haven't ... message that's being sent to minorities and Latinos that you cannot participate and be involved ...
Dad fights son's school suspension 4 Jul 2009 09:21 GMT
... Oswego high school's decision is just racial profiling, he ... 2007, 28,978 people lived in Oswego. "White non-Hispanics" accounted for 90.6 percent of the population, ...
Rx for health: Local food? 4 Jul 2009 09:20 GMT
... Skolkin said. "There is also a tendency of being overweight for children in the Latino community, so that's another reason to promote more healthy eating." Though the markets haven't been ...
Hospices reach out to heal myths 4 Jul 2009 09:20 GMT
... Judith Grant was desperate for a wheelchair and ... than whites. The same is true for Hispanics, Asians and other minorities. Experts cite cultural ... coming into our homes,'' she said. For Latinos, the word hospice causes panic, said Maribel ...
Donation celebration 4 Jul 2009 08:52 GMT
... and part of the reason to do it in Gonzales is to get more Latino donors to participate." Bone marrow is used to treat blood diseases, including leukemia and other ...
A religion that hails U.S. ideals 4 Jul 2009 08:51 GMT
... made history by electing the Rev. Peter Morales of Golden, Colo., as the first Latino to lead a historically white denomination in the United States. His opponent was the Rev. ...
If a test is job-related, it's not biased 4 Jul 2009 08:51 GMT
... Were the tests job-related? That is where you have ... 18 white firefighters, one of whom is Hispanic, who lost out on a promotion due ...

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Baptists launch plan for Hispanic education 4 Jul 2009 08:22 GMT
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Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist | The Supreme Court's Ricci decision does little to resolve the contradictions of affirmative action 4 Jul 2009 08:22 GMT
... Originally published Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 12:00 ... precisely one white, one black and one Hispanic. Nor will it do, as New Haven ...
Sotomayor should explain her decision 4 Jul 2009 08:22 GMT
... You'd have to have a heart of stone to ... sued anyway -- by whites and one Hispanic who claimed they were penalized because of ...
Group Sotomayor belonged to sued over job tests 4 Jul 2009 08:22 GMT
... Associated Press - July 3, 2009 9:03 PM ... results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well. The documents, put on the ...
Group advised by Sotomayor brought several discrimination lawsuits 4 Jul 2009 08:21 GMT
... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly available documents show that ... results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well. The documents, put on the ...