HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump step onto the biggest shared stage of their presidential campaign Monday chasing the same goal: persuading voters to discard long-held and sharply negative views of them. Trump faces the biggest task in this first presidential debate, to accomplish in one night what he has not been able […]
As we embark on Hispanic Heritage Month, and ahead of the first presidential debate, it is no secret how different this election cycle has been for many Latinos in America. None of us anticipated the extent our community would be the face, and in many ways the target, of the most prominent issue of this
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USAIn the summer of 1966, hundreds of farm workers in Texas marched from Rio Grande City to Austin — almost 500 miles over 90 days — to demand change. They weren’t asking for anything fancy. They wanted better wages, restrooms and uncontaminated water for the people cultivating and picking melons and other crops. Now 50
This week’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is the first of three the candidates will engage in before the November election. As in years past, each debate will be broadly aimed at one of three single subject areas—domestic policy, the economy and foreign policy. For the last several election cycles, a consortium of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA Closer Look Examining the news Richard Tofel In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of the government. The New-York Weekly Journal was the second paper in a city of 10,000 or so people, 1700 of them slaves.
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USACalifornia Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that prevents companies that boycott or discriminate against any sovereign country, including Israel, from doing business with the state, JTA reported Sunday. According to the report, Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon, days after the California State Assembly voted to send the bill to
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Middle East, USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that if elected president, he would recognize Jerusalem as the “undivided capital” of Israel, ending a long-standing US policy which has kept the American embassy in Tel Aviv. The two met for over an hour in Trump”s private residence in Trump Tower in Manhattan
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Middle East, USAOne of the grand ladies of the Grand Ole Opry has slipped away. Country Music Hall of Fame member Jean Shepard died Sunday, Sept. 25 at age 82. Jean Shepard was born Ollie Imogene Shepard on Nov. 21, 1933. Signed to Capitol Records in 1952, Shepard brought a liveliness to country music that paved the
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USALOS ANGELES — He hugged his grandmother and it was as if we were hugging our own. He cried in her arms and he shed the same tears Cubans have been shedding for 57 years of family separation. The video of Jose Fernandez breaking down at the sight of the grandmother he hadn’t seen in
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAArnold Palmer, 87, whose looks, charisma and personality helped bring the game of golf out from the private country clubs to the masses, died Sunday after being ill for several months, the U.S. Golf Association and Golf Digest reported. Palmer was called “The King” not just because he excelled at golf but because he blended
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Sports & Competitions, USAIn the wake of the civil war currently destroying Syria, thousands of refugees have fled their homes to seek safety in Europe. That’s why billionaire philanthropist George Soros is contributing $500 million to organizations offering relief for migrants and refugees. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> “Governments must play the leading role in addressing this crisis by creating
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — To hear it from Israeli media, the annual Fall Fest at the UN General Assembly was one long and repetitious condemnation of Israel. However, the image is largely the creation of Israeli media. No surprise. We are the Chosen People, and it’s easy to think of ourselves at the center
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International, Middle East, USABy Jerry Klinger “Grandpa, who was the first Jewish governor in America?” “Well, Chandler, the answer it’s not that simple. The first Catholic Governor in America is not identified with a nationality or ethnicity – just American. The first Protestant Governor in America is not identified with a nationality or ethnicity – just American. Jews…
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USAJonathan Pollard, the American Jew who spent three decades behind bars for spying on the US for Israel, said it would “take a miracle” for him to be able to live in the Jewish state. Talking to reporter Amir Bar Shalom of Israel’s Channel 1 television on the street in New York in an impromptu
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