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Social Security Administration Online Retirement Estimator—Available in Spanish Too
January 26, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Social Security, which has a wealth of information in Spanish at www.segurosocial.gov, has launched its first interactive online service in Spanish: the Retirement Estimator. To publicize the website and the new Spanish-language service, Social Security has enlisted the help of the widely popular and well-respected host of Sábado Gigante, Don Francisco. continue reading »
Thank you to Nebraska Senator Council for Introducing Nebraska Compact!
January 26, 2011 | by Thank you to Nebraska Senator Council for Introducing Nebraska Compact!
Nebraska State Senator Brenda Council introduced a resolution in support of the Nebraska Compact guidelines in legislature continue reading »
Challenges Facing Stateside Puerto Ricans in the 21st Century
January 25, 2011 | by The National Congress of Puerto Rican Rights
The Puerto Rican population living stateside has, according to the latest figures from the Census, grown to 4.2 million, compared to 3.5 million in Puerto Rico. We were able to document the size of the stateside community growing larger than that of the Island for the first time in 2004 when we published the Atlas of Stateside Puerto Ricans. During the first decade of the 21st Century, this is the first time since 1910 that Puerto Rico’s population has declined, while the stateside boricua population has continued to increase, reflecting an outmigration from Puerto Rico perhaps as great as that of the 1940s. continue reading »
Vast Majority of Americans Uncomfortable with Roe’s Legacy, Seek Return to Traditional Values
January 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff
As the country remembers the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a recently released book presents polling data that shows Americans' are increasingly at odds with that Supreme Court decision's legacy of unrestricted abortion. continue reading »
Gay Marriage – A Priority For Immigrants?
January 23, 2011 | by Feet in 2 Worlds
Governor Andrew Cuomo, during his first state of the state address, called for “justice for all” through the passage of a marriage equality bill this year. A majority of New Yorkers now favor equal rights for gay couples continue reading »
This Week in Washington – Health Care Bill Repeal and What it Means to You (VIDEO)
January 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Thursday the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, landmark health reform legislation that President Obama signed into law last March. continue reading »
Democrats Respond to GOP Health Care Repeal Vote- Repeal This!
January 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Yesterday, House Republicans voted to repeal the new health insurance reform law. Even though they know the law won’t actually be repealed--because Democrats hold the White House and the Senate--they voted anyway in order to appease their Tea Party base. continue reading »
No Wonder They’re Angry: 13.7 Million Birds are Dying Every Day in the U.S.
January 20, 2011 | by Climate Progress
At the beginning of this month when about 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in one night in Arkansas, biologists were called on to put a damper on public speculation about pesticides and secret military tests by reminding everyone how many birds there are and how many die. They often do so as a result of human activity, but in far more mundane and dispiriting ways than conspiracy buffs might imagine. continue reading »
Racy JC’s Top 5 Challenges of Interracial Dating (and Their Solutions)
January 19, 2011 | by JC Davies, I Got the Fever
As the author of the definitive guide to intercultural dating you could say that interracial dating has been my life (and even more so in the last couple years). Researching my book I found that, although old-school racism towards interracial couples has gotten better, they still face a lot of challenges. Including, but certainly not limited to my Top 5 continue reading »
Think Again: The Hate We Tolerate
January 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Between Beck’s television program and his even less restrained daily radio broadcast, Fox is supporting the spreading of some genuinely worrisome, potentially violence-inducing arguments against America’s president continue reading »
