by Adam Jabari Jefferson | Oct 5, 2012 | Immigration, Politics
Civil right activists stepped up efforts this week to allow more than 1.5 million voting-eligible felons in Florida — and millions more nationwide — access to elections, urging that laws they see as discriminatory need to be changed. “Keep in mind that...
by Elizabeth Bunn | Aug 23, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON— Registering to vote is only a few clicks away, thanks to up-and-coming startup TurboVote. Seth Flaxman, the website’s creator, calls it “the Netflix of voting.” “When we want to do anything, we start online,” Flaxman said. “Except for voting. And that’s...
by Kimiteru Tsuruta | Aug 22, 2012 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Although President Barack Obama in June announced a program to allow young undocumented immigrants to get work permits and avoid deportation, the deferred action plan can result in families being separate, experts say. Obama announced the Deferred Action...
by Kevin Wang | Jul 31, 2012 | Immigration
WASHINGTON –Politicians are waking up to the importance of courting Asian-Americans, but advocates worry that Democrats and Republicans still don’t understand the issues facing the growing minority group or how to move the community to participate in elections....
by Kevin Wang | Jul 25, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON –Politicians are waking up to the importance of courting Asian-Americans, but advocates worry that Democrats and Republicans still don’t understand the issues facing the growing minority group or how to move the community to participate in elections....
by Shaina Humphries | Jul 12, 2012 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON—Corporate executives from the Coca-Cola Co., Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc. gathered Thursday at the Center for American Progress to discuss why diversifying the workplace is not only the right thing to do—it’s the smartest thing to do for a successful...
