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Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire straits. From meat packing to home building to STEM professionals to nurses, the post-pandemic economy is reeling from a labor force decimated by...
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Los trabajadores hispanos y latinos tienen altas tasas de empleo en los EE. UU., pero continúan experimentando una escasez de trabajos que paguen lo suficiente como para ascenderlos a la clase media, según dice un nuevo estudio. La investigadora del Centro para el Progreso Americano, Jessica Vela, dice que Estados...
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Hispanic and Latino workers have high employment rates in the U.S. but continue to experience a shortage of jobs paying enough to lift them into the middle class, according to a new study. Jessica Vela, research assistant in tax and budget policy at the Center for American Progress, said America...
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U.S. Postal Service mechanics are pressing for more electric vehicles in the fleet, as long as the infrastructure to support them is expanded as well. The Postal Service is getting ready to buy about 85,000 vehicles to replace an aging fleet, and 40% will be electric. Sal Zapien, motor vehicle...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On July 15th, the U.S. Postal Service celebrated the sounds of mariachi, the traditional music of Mexico that has become widely popular in the United States, with a first-day-of-issue ceremony unveiling a pane of 20 Mariachi Forever stamps at the 30th Annual Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque....
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Las feministas de EE. UU. han estado alertando sobre los ataques persistentes a la igualdad de género. En todo el país, las legislaturas lideradas por el Partido Republicano están revirtiendo los derechos reproductivos, legislando en contra de los jóvenes trans y sus familias, y censurando los planes de estudios...
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U.S. feminists have been raising alarms about persistent assaults on gender equality. Across the country, GOP-led legislatures are rolling back reproductive rights, legislating against trans youth and their families, and censoring school curricula about racism, sexism, LGBTQ+ issues and even what to expect at the gynecologist’s office. These developments in the U.S. reflect a...
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She had dreamed of this day for a decade. As Diana Laura Lei De Leon walked into a Louisiana hospital last summer to begin as a nurse in the medical-surgical unit, she thought about the journey that had led her there, how right the move from the Philippines was...
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Andrea Sears Public News Service CONCORD, N.H. – Drug overdose deaths are increasing rapidly in the United States, and New Hampshire is near top of the list. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows more than 63,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2016, a 21 percent...
Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire straits. From meat packing to home building to STEM professionals to nurses, the post-pandemic economy is reeling from a labor force decimated by...
Los trabajadores hispanos y latinos tienen altas tasas de empleo en los EE. UU., pero continúan experimentando una escasez de trabajos que paguen lo suficiente como para ascenderlos a la clase media, según dice un nuevo estudio. La investigadora del Centro para el Progreso Americano, Jessica Vela, dice que Estados...
Hispanic and Latino workers have high employment rates in the U.S. but continue to experience a shortage of jobs paying enough to lift them into the middle class, according to a new study. Jessica Vela, research assistant in tax and budget policy at the Center for American Progress, said America...
U.S. Postal Service mechanics are pressing for more electric vehicles in the fleet, as long as the infrastructure to support them is expanded as well. The Postal Service is getting ready to buy about 85,000 vehicles to replace an aging fleet, and 40% will be electric. Sal Zapien, motor vehicle...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On July 15th, the U.S. Postal Service celebrated the sounds of mariachi, the traditional music of Mexico that has become widely popular in the United States, with a first-day-of-issue ceremony unveiling a pane of 20 Mariachi Forever stamps at the 30th Annual Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque....
Las feministas de EE. UU. han estado alertando sobre los ataques persistentes a la igualdad de género. En todo el país, las legislaturas lideradas por el Partido Republicano están revirtiendo los derechos reproductivos, legislando en contra de los jóvenes trans y sus familias, y censurando los planes de estudios...
U.S. feminists have been raising alarms about persistent assaults on gender equality. Across the country, GOP-led legislatures are rolling back reproductive rights, legislating against trans youth and their families, and censoring school curricula about racism, sexism, LGBTQ+ issues and even what to expect at the gynecologist’s office. These developments in the U.S. reflect a...
She had dreamed of this day for a decade. As Diana Laura Lei De Leon walked into a Louisiana hospital last summer to begin as a nurse in the medical-surgical unit, she thought about the journey that had led her there, how right the move from the Philippines was...
Andrea Sears Public News Service CONCORD, N.H. – Drug overdose deaths are increasing rapidly in the United States, and New Hampshire is near top of the list. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows more than 63,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2016, a 21 percent...