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Cruz Reynoso: Champion of Hispanics' Civil Rights From the Bench (HispanicBusiness.com)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:24:37 GMT]

At 16, Cruz Reynoso stood up for two Hispanics who were denied entry to a school dance, an episode that turned out to be just the beginning of a long career fighting civil rights battles.

Petition drive launched to ban some race, gender preferences (The Arizona Republic)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:30:16 GMT]
Some experts believe the measure, filed by the California-based Arizona Civil Rights Initiative, could limit university control of minority-based scholarships and recruiting efforts.
Protesting Demeaning Images in Media (New York Times)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:53:15 GMT]
Civil rights leaders, cultural critics and others are debating how to represent the diversity of black life while minimizing offensive words and images.
Viva la revolution! (The Observer)
[Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:46:58 GMT]
For decades, Hispanics have existed mainly in the shadows of the American dream. Now they're taking to the streets in their millions, in the biggest march for equality since the Civil Rights movement.
Rights groups press Salazar on nominee (Denver Post)
[Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:01:09 GMT]

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar is taking heat from national civil rights groups for fence-sitting on a Bush nominee who has been accused of intentionally disenfranchising minority voters.

Immigrant rights advocates outline concerns during wildfires (North County Times)
[Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:12:37 GMT]
SAN DIEGO ---- Immigrant rights advocates raised numerous questions Thursday about how fairly Latinos, farmworkers and immigrants were treated by authorities and employers during the recent wildfires.
Foreclosure looms for farmworkers (Hollister Free Lance)
[Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:08:06 GMT]

For a while, Alberto Ramirez seemed to be living the American dream. Despite being a strawberry picker with an annual salary of $14,000 a year, he purchased a spacious Hollister home where he hoped to raise his family.

Verizon's Connia Nelson Receives 'CareerFOCUS Eagle Award' for Outstanding Leadership Achievement (The San Francisco Examiner)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:45:04 GMT]

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon's Connia Nelson, senior vice president - telecom human resources, is a recipient of the prestigious CareerFOCUS Eagle Award.

Let's meet! - Meetings of Local Interest (Rome Observer)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:14:48 GMT]
Town of Deerfield Board meets the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Deerfield Municipal Building, 6329 Walker Road. Call 724-0413. The Adirondack Communities Advisory League will hold meetings at the Boonville UMC every Tuesday at 7 p.m.
HRC White House papers will go public in '08 (The Politico)
[Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:05:51 GMT]
Thousands of pages from HRC’s tenure as first lady likely to be available as general election heats up.