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Katherine Archuleta to Become First Latina to Head the White House's OPM

Katherine Archuleta to Become First Latina to Head the White House's OPM

By Sugey Palomares | 05/24/2013 - 11:41 | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama announced that he plans on nominating Katherine Archuleta as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. If confirmed, the Colorado-native will be the first Latina to head this agency. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is in charge of managing the civil service of the federal government.

Archuleta has an...

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Cuba Lifts Ban on Appliances that Consume Too Much Energy
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Cuba Lifts Ban on Appliances that Consume Too Much Energy

By Sugey Palomares | 05/22/2013 - 12:05 | 0 Comments

Cuba is now allowing individual imports of appliances, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 after a wave of energy shortages and blackouts, reports the AP. As a result, Cubans are now able to bring up to two appliances per person into the...

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Commentary: Marco Rubio Is On The Wrong Side Of Immigration Reform
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Commentary: Marco Rubio Is On The Wrong Side Of Immigration Reform

By Irina Gonzalez | 05/19/2013 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Marco Rubio is not exactly known for a progressive stance on social issues in our country. In fact, I would say that it’s pretty fair to say that he is the opposite of a liberal thinker. 

Lately, his staunch stance on social politics is starting to really affect an issue that is near and dear to my heart: immigration reform....

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Obama to Discuss Immigration, Drug Violence, and Economy During Trip to Mexico

By Sugey Palomares | 05/02/2013 - 15:42 | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama is currently in Mexico for a highly publicized meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. According to NPR, talks about immigration, drug violence, and economic trade are on Obama’s agenda. This is the...

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Marco Rubio and the Gang of 8 speak on immigration reform
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Boston Bombings: Senators Say Tragedy Should Speed Up Immigration Deal

By Amaris Castillo | 04/22/2013 - 13:42 | 0 Comments

The Boston Marathon bombing remains on a lot of peoples’ minds – in particular two senators who say that the recent tragedy that left three dead “should urge us to act quicker, not slower when it comes to getting the 11 million identified (a reference to the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States.”

Such were the words of Republican Sen....

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Victoria Soto sister Carlee Soto after Senate gun control vote
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“Disgusted” and “Disappointed”: Newtown Shooting Victim’s Sister Carlee Soto to the Senate

By Viviana Hurtado | 04/19/2013 - 12:42 | 0 Comments

The younger sister of Vicki Soto, one of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims, had powerful words for the U.S. Senate after a crucial gun control legislation vote requiring background checks failed. Speaking on CNN, Carlee Soto expressed what millions of Americans feel: “I am disgusted and so disappointed in our Senate...

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Gabrielle Giffords Pens Angry NYT Piece on Need For Gun Control

By Amaris Castillo | 04/18/2013 - 11:58 | 0 Comments

The U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation on Wednesday that would expand background checks for those wanting to buy guns, causing many people to become upset, including Gabrielle Giffords, the politician who was a victim of a tragic shooting near Tucson on Jan. 8, 2011 that left six people dead and 12 wounded.

In a moving opinion piece for...

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Gun Control Op Ed
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Why The Senate Failed Us With Their Gun Control Vote

By Irina Gonzalez | 04/18/2013 - 11:50 | 0 Comments

I don’t have personal experience with guns.

I know people who keep guns in their homes for their own protection and people who have been robbed at gunpoint. But I, personally, have never had to deal with a gun. What I have had experience with, however, is fear in the classroom after news of the Columbine High School shooting...

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