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Latino Film Festival, 100 movies in five days
The Ninth Annual New York International Latino Film Festival runs July22-27 and will showcase more than 100 films. Here are some to check out this weekend. Tickets are $10-$80 depending on film or panel. Go to nylatinofilm.com/tickets /info.html. WHAT...Tags: Movies, Lincoln Center, Minority Groups, John Leguizamo, Illegal Immigrants
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Latinos in Illinois
Source: Pew Hispanic Center1.9 million or so Latinos live in the state, the fifth-largest Latino population in the U.S. and 4 percent of all U.S. Hispanics. 15% of the state's population is Hispanic, about the same proportion as in the overall U.S. population. 708,000 Latinos...Tags: Illinois, Minority Groups, Population
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Response To 'For Cooperation's Sake'
At a July 21 Hartford city council public hearing, 150 people came out to support an ordinance barring city employees from inquiring about immigration status [Page 1, July 22, "For Cooperation's Sake"]. Something important is going on when city...Tags: Connecticut, Migration, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Diversity efforts missing readers
When media executives talk about diversity, the focus is generally on the need to hire more minorities. A different way of thinking about it is that the media need to attract new audiences. One follows the other: The more media embrace reporting on the...Tags: Minority Groups, Consumers, Population, Mitt Romney
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Study: Latino voters prefer Obama
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Juana Marquez very much wanted to cast her first vote in a United States presidential election for Hillary Clinton. Marquez, 19, of Washington immigrated to the United States from El Salvador five years ago. She, as well as her...Tags: Nevada, Political Candidates, National Government, Polls, Migration
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Critic turned author turned filmmaker assesses change
It didn't start out as a film, but "The Black List" ended up as one. In a way, it's fitting. Former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell didn't start out as filmmaker, but he has made a documentary just the same. In "The Black List: Volume One,"...Tags: Gene Siskel, Chuck D, Culture, Cultural Development, Jesse Jackson
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The veep question
Democrats: Evan Bayh ( Indiana senator) Pros: A prominent Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter, he would symbolize another step toward party unity and could help Obama win Indiana. Cons: He is more hawkish than Obama when it comes to foreign policy....Tags: Kansas, Political Candidates, Religious Leaders, National Government, Arizona
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CW's Ellis to help create African-American museum
342-8812One of the people who built Colonial Williamsburg's African-American history program will help build an African-American museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Rex Ellis will soon be the associate director of the Smithsonian Institution's new National...Tags: Hampton University, Washington Monument, Chubby Checker, Theater, History
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Hate Crimes Hit 5-year High in L.A. County
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Hate crimes in Los Angeles County soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to a report released Thursday. The annual report by the county's human relations commission...Tags: Gang Activity, Gays and Lesbians, Assault, Racism, Crimes
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Study sees racial bias in traffic-stop searches
Chicago Tribune reportersCivil rights groups called Thursday for ending the state police practice of searching vehicles during routine traffic stops, citing new statistics that show black and Hispanic motorists are searched more often even though drugs or other illegal items turn...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, House, Racism, Government, Executive Branch
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