19Aug2012 | 7 Books on the Subject of Immigration Boston Globe When it comes to immigration in America, a disconcerting truth applies: We're for it in the past but not so much in the present. So we revere the grit of our Ellis Island ancestors, but we build fences 30 feet high on the Arizona border. |
19Aug2012 | Food Smuggling a Concern Along US-Mexico Border as Egg Prices Spike KHOU.com An outbreak of bird flu in western Mexico has caused the price of eggs and chicken to spike and now health inspectors are on the lookout for shoppers who cross the border to buy lower cost eggs and poultry in the U.S. |
18Aug2012 | Drug Cartels Making Big Bucks Boosting Oil ValleyCentral.com Mexican drug cartels are turning to a new and lucrative source of income south of the border. |
18Aug2012 | Free Online Courses Plagued By Plagiarism Care2.com People have been saying that online "universities" are the wave of the future for higher ed, providing access to university courses, to knowledge, to the masses and for free. But a bit of reality is dimming that future. |
18Aug2012 | What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? ColorLines The Applied Research Center released a new study entitled "Millennials, Activism, and Race" as a response to a previous study which aimed to disprove the notion that, since Barack Obama was elected President, race is no longer a barrier to success. |
18Aug2012 | INOCENTE - Story of Undocumented Homeless 15-Year-Old's Fierce Determination Hispanically Speaking News Inocente, is an intensely personal coming-of-age documentary about a vibrant Latina teenage artist from a tough background who refuses to allow her struggles with poverty and homelessness to get in the way of her extraordinary talent. |
18Aug2012 | 'Health Care Without Harm' Works to Reduce Hospitals' Ecological Footprints Inter Press Service Hospitals are major sources of pollution and consume large amounts of valuable resources, like energy. But hospitals are beginning to address the issue of their ecological footprint. |
18Aug2012 | Over 200 Cases of Dengue Fever in Tamaulipas State Action 4 News Officials have confirmed that there are 236 cases of Dengue fever in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The most infected areas are Tampico, Altamira and Reynosa. |
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