Reyna Luisa Olmedo Vasquez, the nurse for the clinic in Paso de Coyutla. At health clinics like this one in rural Meico, poor people are paid to bring in their children for checkups.
One of the big bonuses Democrats enjoyed this year was a surge of support among Hispanic voters, a surge larger than the party would have dared to dream of just a couple of years ago.
Now, one of the biggest questions Democrats face is whether hardening attitudes toward immigration, aggravated by hard economic times and rising unemployment, will push the party down paths that could undercut that Hispanic support, much as hardening rhetoric undermined Hispanic support for Republicans in the past two years.
It's less than two weeks until Christmas. Most kids can hardly wait.The World's Katy Clark recently went to Mexico to find out what Christmas was like south of the border.
Associated Press Writer= NEW YORK (AP) — An Ecuadorean immigrant was declared brain dead after being savagely beaten by attackers who shouted anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs at him and his brother, who were walking arm in arm, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
The Cardinals currently sit at 8-5. If the Cardinals played in the NFC North, AFC East, or AFC West, they would be tied for first with the 8-5 Minnesota Vikings and the 8-5 New England Patriots/Miami Dolphins/New York Jets, and the 8-5 Denver Broncos. But if they played in the other three divisions, they would have no chance of winning the division behind the NFC East New York Giants (11-2), AFC South Tennessee Titans (12-1), AFC North Pittsburgh Steelers (10-3) and NFC South Carolina Panthers (10-3). They wouldn't even be in second or third place in some of these divisions. They would be behind the Baltimore Ravens (9-4), Indianapolis Colts (9-4), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-4), and would be tied with the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons (both 8-5).
Here’s a chart that shows my coffee bias over the years.
For good measure I have added my bagel preferences over the same period. (1) Drip coffee, (2) Starbucks, (3) blueberry bagels, (4) sesame bagels, (5) poppy-seed bagels, (6) everything bagels
Please don’t hold my brief affair with blueberry bagels against me. I cured myself of this aberration.
The conservative Republican is set to become governor when Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, steps down to become U.S. Homeland Security Secretary in the Obama administration.
The first Thanksgiving festival was celebrated in 1621 in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims, immigrants to America, out of gratitude for a plentiful harvest.
As we sit around our Thanksgiving tables this Thursday, almost all of us immigrants or their descendants, we’re reminded that one of President-elect Obama’s most important challenges will be to mend our broken immigration policy.
For the red-state home of President-elect Barack Obama's former rival, such attention may be surprising.
Those unfamiliar with U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva's long record of accomplishment in southern Arizona may also be surprised that this Tucson resident wound up in contention for secretary of the Interior.
This PS10 solar tower plant near Seville can generate 10MW of electricity. Photograph: Denis Doyle / Getty
In the desert of southern Spain, 20 miles outside Seville, more than 1,000 mirrors are being carefully positioned. Each is about half the size of a tennis court, so the adjustments will take time. But when they are complete in a few weeks, it will mark a major moment in the quest for renewable energy.
As the prominent numbers wizard presented his case to a gathering of Republican National Committee members, Arizona GOP chair Randy Pullen shook his head. "He's got it wrong," Pullen said.
It is unknown whether a supermarket ever will set up shop in downtown Tempe, but a grocer apparently plans to open a mile away.
According to city documents, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is poised to move into a soon-to-be-empty storefront on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and Broadway Road.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — USA Basketball is moving its headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colo. to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, adding to the city's growing roster of sports facilities.
The Glendale City Council on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding for the project, which will include USA Basketball's executive offices, a multi-court training facility and a 150-room hotel.
Associated Press Writer= LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas remains the only state from the former Confederacy not to elect an African-American to Congress or any statewide office since Reconstruction — and last week it soundly rejected the man set to become the nation's first black president.
Barack Obama lost by 20 percentage points, even though fellow Democrats control all of Arkansas' statewide offices, both chambers of the Legislature and three of its four congressional districts.
The New York Times reports that congressional Democrats are going to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration even after the president leaves office in January. That could prove to be quite a task.
Where to begin… Abuse of the power of the Executive Branch… Torture of detainees… The role of former White House aides Harriet Miers and Karl Rove in the firing of federal prosecutors… Eavesdropping without a warrant. It’s a very long list.
The rub is that President Bush may be able to block subpoenas long after he leaves the White House.
