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Protecting Day Workers from Labor Abuse (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Day laborers find it more difficult every day to work because of the national economic recession and the lack of job opportunities. The situation makes it easier, however, for those... More

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The Traffic of Black Gold on the U.S.-Mexico Border (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

The theft of gas and other oil products is a relatively new crime that in just a few years has become a serious threat to Mexico’s financial stability.

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Tribe Uses Unique Strategy to Avoid Layoffs (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

The Navajo Nation's controller and Budget and Finance Committee is trying to avoid employee layoffs through the end of the budget year, reports the Navajo Times. Employees were growing concerned as... More

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Congressman, Can You Help a Brotha Out? (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

“He sold his office for the least common denominator of what public service is about: personal wealth” said the head of the FBI’s Washington office in regards to the conviction of former... More

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Throw the Babies Overboard … the Black Ones First (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

At the end of July, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California’s $84.5 billion state budget, a budget of such huge proportions that if California were a country it would be the eighth largest... More

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California EconoTalk (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

The state and national media are filled with continuing claims that businesses and high-income residents are leaving (fleeing) California and that it is because the state has a horrible business... More

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Mexican Credit Card Hole Gets Deeper and Deeper (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

Although it evades the sensational headlines of the drug war, another crisis is gripping Ciudad Juarez and other Mexican cities. With each passing day, the consumer credit crisis is sucking more and... More

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Ethnic Media Urged to Monitor Stimulus Money Spending (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area ethnic media should monitor stimulus dollars on behalf of their communities and make sure the money is spent to revive their local economies, said speakers at an August 6... More

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Postcards from the Recession (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

In the working-class neighborhood where I grew up, you won’t see abandoned homes or foreclosures signs swaying like white flags of surrender. Hemmed in by two freeways, an oil-storage facility and... More

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Tribes Get $100 Million for Housing (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

CANASTOTA, N.Y. -- Fifty Native tribes have received $100 million in an effort to invigorate housing and stimulate community development, reports Indian Country Today. Earlier this year, the Obama... More

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