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Low Latino Turnout Could Hurt Democrats in 2010, Says Poll
New America Media, News Report , Marcelo Ballvé, Mar 19, 2010
Foreign-born Latinos could be the swing vote that determines key elections in 2010, including the governor's race in California and senatorial contests in Nevada and Florida, according to a poll released today by America's Voice.
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IMMIGRATION MATTERS: A March to Rebuild the American Dream
New America Media, Commentary, HyunJoo Lee , Mar 19, 2010
On March 21, belief in the American dream will be visible when 100,000 students, parents, workers, advocates and allies come together for the March for America, an event that will send a powerful message to President Barack Obama and Congress.
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Students Question 'Failing' Status of Their Schools
New America Media/ YO! Youth Outlook ,  , Text: Rupa Dev/Jamilah King; Video: Eming Piansay/Ann Bassette/Augustin Lopez-Medina/Sean Shavers/ Jaquan Rushing/Jamilah King/Rupa Dev, Mar 19, 2010
Just how bad are high schools named as California’s lowest performing schools? Students at several of them in San Francisco say their schools are being unfairly judged.
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Marching for CA's Future Through Today's Desolation
New America Media, News Report , David Bacon, Mar 18, 2010
As the March for California's Future heads up the San Joaquin Valley toward Sacramento, participants are coming up hard against the reality of the economic crisis in rural California. Marchers are finding that valley communities are among those that feel the effects of state budget cuts most strongly.
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After Protests, Education Activists Strategize
New America Media, News Feature, Nadia Prupis, Mar 17, 2010
Ten days after statewide actions against budget cuts to California’s schools and colleges, activists gathered to strategize next steps.
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Fresno Widens Medical Safety Net for Poor
New America Media, News Report, Annette Fuentes, Mar 16, 2010
The Medically Indigent Services Program is meant to provide basic medical care to those who cannot qualify for Medi-Cal. But Fresno county kept the eligibility level so low that many of its indigent could not even qualify. Now after a lawsuit that safety net is being expanded.
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Racial Profiling Rears Its Ugly Head in Torrance, CA
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Mar 15, 2010
Yesterday, supporters of black minister Robert Taylor called for justice 10 days after he was wrongly stopped by police in a Los Angeles suburb with a history of complaints of racial profiling. NAM commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who was there, compares the incident to the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates.
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