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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When the U.S. Congress convenes in January, a record number of women will be representing their states. Republican and Democratic women elected this year also will witness another milestone, when Kamala Harris becomes the first female and first Black vice president. Kelly Dittmar, director of research...
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Si bien todos los ojos están enfocados en las elecciones de 2020, el reloj sigue corriendo en el Censo de 2020. Si el Congreso no actúa para extender el plazo del 31 de diciembre para que la Oficina del Censo envíe sus datos finales, los principales defensores de los...
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While all eyes are focused on the 2020 elections, the clock is still ticking on the 2020 Census. If Congress doesn’t act to extend the Dec. 31 deadline for the Census Bureau to submit its final data, leading civil rights advocates — who have been at the forefront of...
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Civil-rights groups are criticizing President Donald Trump’s remarks at Tuesday night’s debate, where he called on the right-wing group “Proud Boys” to “stand back and stand by.” On Wednesday he amended that to “stand down,” but the group, which has been involved in violent confrontations at...
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HARTFORD, Conn. – Los grupos de derechos civiles están criticando los comentarios del presidente Donald Trump en el debate del martes por la noche, donde pidió al grupo de derecha “Proud Boys” que “se mantenga al margen”. El miércoles lo enmendó para “retirarse”, pero el grupo, que ha estado...
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Dirigentes de algunas de las organizaciones sociales más importantes en el país expresaron conjuntamente este jueves su apoyo a la Proposición 22 de California, para defender empleos de minorías étnicas en riesgo por la contingencia sanitaria. La medida busca beneficiar particularmente hasta a cien mil conductores que trabajan en...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – September 22 was National Voter Registration Day, and good-government groups say it’s more important than ever. Millions of citizens have not yet registered. So Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause, is working to spread the word: Every vote counts. “For a lot of...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – El 22 de septiembre fue el Día Nacional de Registro de Votantes y los grupos de buen gobierno dicen que es más importante que nunca. Millones de ciudadanos aún no se han registrado. Entonces, Jonathan Mehta Stein, director ejecutivo de California Common Cause, está trabajando para...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Six months after Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her home, city officials announced this week they will pay her family $12 million, one of the highest settlement amounts ever paid for the wrongful death of a Black woman. The three police officers involved...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When the U.S. Congress convenes in January, a record number of women will be representing their states. Republican and Democratic women elected this year also will witness another milestone, when Kamala Harris becomes the first female and first Black vice president. Kelly Dittmar, director of research...
Si bien todos los ojos están enfocados en las elecciones de 2020, el reloj sigue corriendo en el Censo de 2020. Si el Congreso no actúa para extender el plazo del 31 de diciembre para que la Oficina del Censo envíe sus datos finales, los principales defensores de los...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Civil-rights groups are criticizing President Donald Trump’s remarks at Tuesday night’s debate, where he called on the right-wing group “Proud Boys” to “stand back and stand by.” On Wednesday he amended that to “stand down,” but the group, which has been involved in violent confrontations at...
HARTFORD, Conn. – Los grupos de derechos civiles están criticando los comentarios del presidente Donald Trump en el debate del martes por la noche, donde pidió al grupo de derecha “Proud Boys” que “se mantenga al margen”. El miércoles lo enmendó para “retirarse”, pero el grupo, que ha estado...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – September 22 was National Voter Registration Day, and good-government groups say it’s more important than ever. Millions of citizens have not yet registered. So Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause, is working to spread the word: Every vote counts. “For a lot of...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – El 22 de septiembre fue el Día Nacional de Registro de Votantes y los grupos de buen gobierno dicen que es más importante que nunca. Millones de ciudadanos aún no se han registrado. Entonces, Jonathan Mehta Stein, director ejecutivo de California Common Cause, está trabajando para...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Six months after Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her home, city officials announced this week they will pay her family $12 million, one of the highest settlement amounts ever paid for the wrongful death of a Black woman. The three police officers involved...