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GOP Hispanic Outreach Gets Derailed by Immigration
From Fox News
A Republican National Committee conference call with the press to highlight its outreach to Latino voters came up hard against the one of the hot-button issues of the election --immigration.
The RNC wanted to focus reporters on the ways that, as officials with the RNC put it, the ailing economy under President Barack...
The Jobless Young Find Their Voice
From the New York Times
Teachers have the American Federation of Teachers. Gun owners have the N.R.A. The older population has AARP. But where are the advocacy groups for jobless youth? They are coming. Two movements have sprouted to fight for this generation’s right to move out of the parental basement (or avoid it altogether): the Campaign for Young...
Economists Up Their Forecasts
From USA Today
A USA Today survey of economists finds that "despite the headwinds of higher gas prices and Europe's financial crisis" they think the U.S. economy will grow faster than expected this year. Key findings: "The economy will grow 2.5% this year vs. their 2.3% forecast three months ago. Unemployment averaging 8% in the...
Keeping a Promise to Home Care Aides
From the New York Times
Evelyn Coke, who died in 2009 at age 74, was a home care aide whose case for fair pay went to the Supreme Court in 2007, where she lost 9 to 0. At issue were federal rules that define home care aides as “companions,” a label that exempts employers from having to pay minimum wage and time-and-a-half for overtime. The...
Millions of Americans are still struggling and looking for work. Though our economy has improved since the height of the recession, unemployment numbers remain high. Politicians may complain that wesimply aren’t creating enough jobs, but many fail to address the 3.5 million job openings in the country that remain unfilled.
How could this be? With so many people...
