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Higher-education experts are promoting a new way to rank colleges and universities, proposing an Economic Mobility Index (EMI) to measure whether the school creates a path to the middle class, instead of the traditional rankings. The nonprofit think tank Third Way released its EMI rankings this spring, and California State University-Los...
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Centros de salud comunitarios de Colorado se están uniendo a un esfuerzo nacional para rechazar los movimientos recientes de big pharma que dificultan el suministro de medicamentos con descuento a las personas que viven en pobreza extrema. El CEO del Centro de Salud Comunitario Pueblo, Don Moore, dice que...
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First-time buyers often rely on family gifts to afford the down payments on their homes. Now California Legislators want the government to fill the role of generous relative. Lawmakers are proposing creating a billion-dollar fund in this year’s state budget that would provide California’s first-time buyers either all of...
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California has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the nation, and nearly six out of 10 California adults polled said they believe the government should do more to reduce the gaps between rich and poor. But when presented with proposed policies to boost resources for disadvantaged groups, even...
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Congress is considering a new bill to establish a national historical park honoring union organizer Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement he led. The new park would include the existing national monument in Keene, plus the site of the first headquarters in Delano and the Santa Rita Center in...
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“Welcome home Norm,” San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said as friends and family of Norm Mineta, former U.S. secretary of transportation and the city’s first Asian American mayor, gathered Wednesday at City Hall to celebrate and memorialize his life. Mineta died on May 3. Mineta is a local legend known...
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San Antonio de Padua Para se feliz en el amor, encontrar pareja, y para reconciliarse con el ser amado. Bendito san Antonio, santo de los milagros, santo de la ayuda, preciso de ti un favor divino. Llevo en mis manos una imagen con tu ilustre nombre, e invoco tu...
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The arrests of 31 white supremacists outside of a Pride festival in North Idaho shook the country over the weekend. It’s only part of a larger uptick in far-right extremism. The group involved is known as Patriot Front, which renamed itself after the 2017 rally in Charlottesville where one...
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Graduation season is in full swing, and for those with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, traditional barriers still exist in securing employment. Advocates in Iowa say entrepreneurship serves as a good solution. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said nearly 10% of workers with a disability are self-employed, which is higher than the...
Higher-education experts are promoting a new way to rank colleges and universities, proposing an Economic Mobility Index (EMI) to measure whether the school creates a path to the middle class, instead of the traditional rankings. The nonprofit think tank Third Way released its EMI rankings this spring, and California State University-Los...
Centros de salud comunitarios de Colorado se están uniendo a un esfuerzo nacional para rechazar los movimientos recientes de big pharma que dificultan el suministro de medicamentos con descuento a las personas que viven en pobreza extrema. El CEO del Centro de Salud Comunitario Pueblo, Don Moore, dice que...
First-time buyers often rely on family gifts to afford the down payments on their homes. Now California Legislators want the government to fill the role of generous relative. Lawmakers are proposing creating a billion-dollar fund in this year’s state budget that would provide California’s first-time buyers either all of...
California has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the nation, and nearly six out of 10 California adults polled said they believe the government should do more to reduce the gaps between rich and poor. But when presented with proposed policies to boost resources for disadvantaged groups, even...
Congress is considering a new bill to establish a national historical park honoring union organizer Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement he led. The new park would include the existing national monument in Keene, plus the site of the first headquarters in Delano and the Santa Rita Center in...
“Welcome home Norm,” San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said as friends and family of Norm Mineta, former U.S. secretary of transportation and the city’s first Asian American mayor, gathered Wednesday at City Hall to celebrate and memorialize his life. Mineta died on May 3. Mineta is a local legend known...
San Antonio de Padua Para se feliz en el amor, encontrar pareja, y para reconciliarse con el ser amado. Bendito san Antonio, santo de los milagros, santo de la ayuda, preciso de ti un favor divino. Llevo en mis manos una imagen con tu ilustre nombre, e invoco tu...
The arrests of 31 white supremacists outside of a Pride festival in North Idaho shook the country over the weekend. It’s only part of a larger uptick in far-right extremism. The group involved is known as Patriot Front, which renamed itself after the 2017 rally in Charlottesville where one...
Graduation season is in full swing, and for those with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, traditional barriers still exist in securing employment. Advocates in Iowa say entrepreneurship serves as a good solution. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said nearly 10% of workers with a disability are self-employed, which is higher than the...