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Ever wondered when the dehumanizing rhetoric of Latin American immigrants started? No, not with President Donald Trump. It started in 1965 when a new system of immigration was introduced. The old system had built-in prejudices against Catholics and Jews, and the Center for Immigration Studies said, "It is widely believed that the new system has shifted the composition of immigrants away from Europe[and]towards Latin America." There are,' he concluded.I was lucky because I was able to enter the US under the old rules. Additionally, the United States has ended a legal way for Mexicans to enter the United States, called the Bracero Program, which gives Mexicans work permits.Good thing, growing up, I remember a bad joke about a few Mexicans who swam across the Rio Grande. All t...

'Americans are fed up': Lawmakers finally introduce bill to stop insider trading by politicians.Here's How Congress Forces People to Prioritize Their PortfoliosThirty-seven lawmakers hope a bill aimed at preventing insider trading by members of Congress will be attractive for the third time.The Transparent Representative Support Service and Act of Congress (TRUST) was first introduced in June 2020 and returned to the House floor in January 2021. But nothing more.Do not miss itOn January 12, Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Chip Roy of Texas joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 co-sponsors to reintroduce the bill."We've seen tremendous momentum and growing support in our districts and we're on the political spectrum that such reforms need to happen now," Spanberger said in a statem...

Over 100 Bills Targeting LGBTQ Rights and Queer Life From transgender health care to drag shows, 22 states have so far filed for 2023, and leading proponents expect to set a new record for anti-LGBTQ legislation this year. So far, Texas has taken the lead on 36 such bills, according to Equality Texas, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group. Missouri ranks 26th, North Dakota ranks 8th, and Oklahoma ranks 6th. Most of these about 120 bills focus on transgender youth, continuing a trend that started about two years ago. According to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank, in the last three years, 18 states have allowed transgender student-athletes on school sports teams that match their gender identity rather than the gender they were assigned at birth. Four states—Arkansas, Alaba...

Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (D-Montgomery).Photo by Daniel E. Gaines Just days away from taking office, incoming Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on Friday elected four more people to lead the administration. The couple is a handover from outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan's (Republican) cabinet. Moore named Russell Strickland as Director of Crisis Management, Carolyn Scruggs as Director of Public Safety and Corrections, Katie Savage as Director of Information Technology, and Harold “Bud” Frank as Deputy Director of Public Safety. He said he would hire him as chief of staff. and homeland security. In a statement, Moore called the quartet "an incredibly experienced and diverse leader." "These public servants know they can help build the future we want to see here...

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Over the years, Alabama has been ridiculed in national publications for having fewer women in political leadership positions than other states considered progressive.States such as Colorado, New York, and California were lauded for having a large number of women in public office. Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a quick look at the political climate in Alabama. It's a new day in the heart of Dixie. Conservative Republicans make up the list of women leaders, unlike the liberal states above.The state's top two most powerful leaders are Governor Kay Ivey and Senator Katie Britt. Including Public Service Commissioner Twinkle Kavanaugh, her three most powerful and popular political leaders in the Heart of Dixie are Republican women. Colorado, you can eat to your heart's content.This day was ...

CNN  —  Lori Chavez-DeRemer sat in the gallery of the House nearly two decades ago with her mom and her twin daughters – tourists peering down at lawmakers on the floor of the chamber. “I’d really love to be here someday,” the Oregon Republican recalled telling her mother, who encouraged her to think about a run. She’d recently been elected to her city council, but she had her doubts. “I said, ‘Everybody on the floor there probably has a law degree. I’m a stay-at-home mom.’” But Chavez-DeRemer flipped a Democratic seat in November, helping Republicans win a narrow House majority. She is now among a record 42 Republican women in Congress and one of the first two Latino members of Congress from Or...

eAs Donald Trump prepares to dial up his campaign to take back the White House, the former U.S. president's political and personal fate will be determined by the covert workings of a Georgia grand jury. It may have already been decided.To consider whether Trump and others committed a crime in trying to reverse their defeat in Georgia when it appeared that Georgia could decide the outcome of the entire 2020 presidential election. A 23-member committee convened on Monday was dissolved on Monday after submitting its conclusions and calling for: they are made public.If the grand jury report recommends indictment, Atlanta county district attorney Fanny Willis will face the most important decision of her career. For the first time in American history, whether or not to indict a former preside...

When Barack Obama was running for president, he was forced to soften the sensibilities of many Americans many times. I couldn't understand the leader whose name never appeared in my keychain.Anyone in Obama's controversial orbit has been sidelined, including his longtime pastor Jeremiah Wright.And the transferred lie that Obama shares the same religion as his father, stepfather, and other members of his extended family was so hotly contested. To prove there wasn't, his volunteers even prevented two hijab-wearing women from sitting behind the then-Democratic presidential candidate at a rally in Detroit.A lot has changed since the summer o...