Mar 18th, 2010 · The town council in Yuma, Colo., recently passed a unanimous resolution asking Congress and the president to resolve the immigration system. Businesses in Yuma are worried they could lose their workforces if there are immigration raids.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd unveiled his plan to rewrite the nation's financial regulations. The bill released Monday calls for a council of regulators to oversee systemic risk and create a consumer protection agency at the Federal Reserve.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd unveiled his plan to rewrite the nation's financial regulations. The bill released Monday calls for a council of regulators to oversee systemic risk and create a consumer protection agency at the Federal Reserve.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · The foreclosure crisis has hit families across America, with marriages disintegrating in the face of economic hardship. Janis Bowdler is deputy director of the Wealth Building Policy Project at the National Council of La Raza. Last week, the council published a survey of 25 Latino families and how they are affected by the current economic crisis. Joel Kotkin, distinguished presidential fellow at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., talks about the effect of foreclosures on families. He is the author of The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 , a look at how the nation will evolve in the next four decades.
Jan 26th, 2010 · The ordinance, approved 9-3, will cap the number of medical marijuana clinics in Los Angeles at 70. It also requires dispensaries to be at least 1,000 feet from schools, parks and other public gathering spots.
Dec 16th, 2009 · Tuesday, gay rights supporters celebrated when the Washington, DC city council voted to approve same sex marriage. But similar bills have met with defeat in New York and New Jersey. Also, the health care bill debate in the Senate may be nearing an end.
Dec 16th, 2009 · The Archdiocese of Washington warned the District of Columbia that its Catholic Charities would cease to provide long-standing social services to area residents if same-sex marriage became legal in D.C. The religious-based organization serves nearly 70,000 of the city's needy. Susan Gibbs, of the archdiocese, reacts to the recent D.C. city council vote officially approving gay marriage and tells whether her group intends to keep its promise to withhold services.
Dec 16th, 2009 · The District of Columbia became the latest U.S. jurisdiction to approve same-sex marriage on Tuesday. The expected — and strongly contested vote — won the approval of the city council in a vote, 11 to 2. Michael Crawford, who leads the same-sex marriage advocacy group DC for Marriage, reacts to the recent vote and explains why his grassroots organization says justice was served. Crawford, who is African-American, also explains the significance of the vote within the D.C. black gay community, given the majority black population of the nation's capital.