Federal Judge Confirms that Sheriff Joe Arpaio Racially Profiled Latinos

File this one in the “no surprise” files. On Friday, a federal judge in Phoenix ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio singled out Latinos in his crackdowns on undocumented immigrants. In addition to finding that Arpaio’s office systematically singled out Latinos in Maricopa County, U.S. District Judge Murray Snow ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff deputies detained [...]

Immigration Crackdowns Credited for Record Drop in Hispanic Teen Pregnancy

A new report states that the economy and immigration crackdowns are credited for a significant drop in teen pregnancies among nearly all US States. This week the Centers for Disease Control released data indicating that every state except West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over the past 5 years. The Hispanic teen birth rate dropped the [...]

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Getting Ahead of Obama’s National Export Initiative

President Barack Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) hit a milestone on 15 May 2013 as a delegation of business officials and Commerce Department officials traveled to Brazil, Colombia, and Panama during the one year anniversary of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia. The FTA was designed to increase the amount [...]

Saint Augustine Drops Plans to Buy Struggling St. Paul’s College

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press Saint Paul’s College no longer has a buyer. Saint Augustine’s University of Raleigh, N.C., has dropped plans to take over 125-year-old Saint Paul’s, its sister Episcopal affiliated school in Lawrenceville, 80 miles southwest of Richmond. Taking Saint Paul’s officials by surprise, Dr. Diane [...]

Obama Needs a Drudge

By Brent Budowsky As media controversy about the Benghazi attack swirls across official Washington and throughout major media, President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should consider why so many in mainstream media have joined the conservative press in the stampeding herd that now puts them on the defensive. The GOP has begun [...]

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