A study by the State Education Agency has found that one-third (36%) of Washington, DC residents are functionally illiterate, compared with a national rate of 21%. And the headline is the 36%? Click here to read it for yourself.
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The Boston Globe is running a two-part series on how the post 9/11 immigration crackdown impacts Boston’s Irish population and the complexion of Boston in general. Here’s a quote:
“The numbers aren’t large, and no one is saying the old double-standard was ever fair. But for the Irish, the message is loud — and startling.”The deportations were a slap [...]
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You would think that the network news outlets would have learned their lesson 12 years ago. In 1995, beloved, beautiful Tejano music star, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, best known as Selena, was murdered. She was only 23. Initially, there was no network news coverage of her death. Almost immediately, her mostly Latino fans, took to the streets [...]
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