Latinos at Forefront of Largest Plastic Bag Ban in U.S.

Believing that everyone deserves to live in clean, healthy communities free of plastic bag pollution, Latino leaders in the local community joined a broad coalition of workers, environmental groups, grocers, celebrities, and elected officials that called for Los Angeles County authorities to ban plastic bags and promote...
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Meg Whitman: The Next Pete Wilson?

On the race for California’s next governor, Project Economic Refugee previously exposed Steve Poizner for all his poisonous rhetorical attacks on immigrants, economic refugees, and by extension on Latinos and other minorities. Meanwhile, Meg Whitman, his opponent in the Republican...
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Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup

Economic Refugee News Weekly Roundup is a weekly summary of those stories that caught the focus of immigrants' rights activists, promoting immigration reform, racial unity, compassion, American freedom, and justice for...
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PER picks for how you can celebrate Earth Day

1st: Check out Heal the Bay’s fun and interactive “Trash Your Friends” Campaign: Here’s how it works: 1. You log into http://trashed.healthebay.org/ 2. Click on “trash your friends” 3. Enter the website address you want to “trash”; it can be any web page....
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