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Dec 01 2020
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Prior to COVID-19, child poverty rates had reached record lows in U.S.
Before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into a recession, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
In 2019, the year with the most recently available data, 14% of children under age 18, or 10.5 million
Pew Research CenterNov 30 2020
News
Prior to COVID-19, child poverty rates had reached record lows in U.S.
Before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into a recession, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
In 2019, the year with the most recently available data, 14% of children under age 18, or 10.5 million
Pew Research CenterSep 15 2022
Opinion
Why Hispanics are leaving the Democratic Party
Just in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Texas Tribune headed to heavily Hispanic South Texas to ask a question on many political minds this year. At a time when Democrats and the media are going to great lengths (even at the expense of their credibility) to convince the public that Republicans are an existential threat to the country, Hispanic voters are rapidly becoming
Washington ExaminerJul 19 2022
News
House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage in effort to counter Supreme Court
The Democrat-led House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a bill that would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law.
The bipartisan final vote was 267 to 157 with 47 Republicans joining with Democrats to vote for the bill. It's not clear, however, whether the bill can pass the Senate where at least 10 Republicans would need to join with Democrats to overcome
CNN (Online News)Nov 06 2021
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Majority of Latinos Say Skin Color Impacts Opportunity in America and Shapes Daily Life
The perceived impact of skin color in the lives of U.S. Latinos is broad. From impacting their ability to get ahead in the country to shaping their daily life experiences to dealing with discrimination, skin color is seen by Latinos as an important factor affecting their lives and life chances.
A majority (62%) of Hispanic adults say having a darker skin color hurts Hispanics’ ability
Pew Research CenterJun 07 2021
News
Congressional Staff Are Organizing To Make The People Who Work On Capitol Hill Less White
Members of Congress are now more racially and ethnically diverse than ever before. The people who work for those politicians are still overwhelmingly white.
A new staff-led organization on the Hill plans to change that. The Congressional Progressive Staff Association, which went public Monday morning, is recruiting current Hill staffers to strengthen progressive efforts on the Hill and
BuzzFeed NewsJun 19 2023
Headline Roundup
Celebrating Juneteenth 2023
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Key Details: Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday in 2021, and is the newest federal holiday. At least 28 states and the District of Columbia recognize the day as a public holiday by closing government
National Review (News) Axios CNBCDec 23 2020
News
Black, Latino and Asian Americans have been key to Georgia’s registered voter growth since 2016
Following Joe Biden’s narrow presidential win in Georgia, early voting is underway in the state’s Jan. 5 runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats, races that will determine whether both chambers of Congress are led by Democrats during the first years of the new administration. Once a reliably Republican state, Georgia has received much attention for the increasing racial and ethnic diversity
Pew Research CenterJun 15 2022
Opinion
Biden Falsely Accuses Trump of His Own Greatest Offense
As President Joe Biden was coming to the conclusion of his address at the AFL-CIO Convention on Tuesday, he made an inadvertently ironic observation.
"We're the most unique country in the world," he said. "We're organized on one notion. Every other country is organized based on ethnicity, religion, geography. But the United States is based on an idea, only country in the world based on
CNSNews.comDec 08 2019
News
Nikki Haley gets widely mocked for bizarre defense of the Confederate Flag
Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley stepped in it on Friday afternoon after making the bizarre claim that the Confederate flag was a symbol of “service, and sacrifice, and heritage” until convicted murderer Dylann Roof “hijacked” it.
During an interview with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, Haley stated, ““Here is this guy who comes out with this
AlterNet