If California's unemployed residents banded together and formed a city, it would be the fifth-largest place in America, just behind Houston but ahead of Phoenix.
For a down-ballot category that even well-intentioned voters pay little attention to, judicial races are astonishingly expensive. In 2004, $9.3 million was spent in the race for a single seat on the Illinois Supreme Court. That's higher than the price tag of more than half the US Senate races in the nation that year. In 2006, three candidates for chief justice in Alabama raised $8.2 million combined. But those sums could look paltry compared to the spending likelyto be unleashed in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.
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The Internet . . . enables Latinos to organize online in defense our community’s political, social and economic rights. The progress made in the fight to stop SB 1070, Arizona’s dangerous and discriminatory racial profiling law, was in part due to the ability of organizations to use the Internet to educate, mobilize and promote their cause online. Join Latinos for Internet Freedom. We’re calling on the Obama administration, Congress and the FCC to stop corporations from taking over the Internet. We need the FCC to preserve Net Neutrality and protect our online rights.
The Internet . . . enables Latinos to organize online in defense our community’s political, social and economic rights. The progress made in the fight to stop SB 1070, Arizona’s dangerous and discriminatory racial profiling law, was in part due to the ability of organizations to use the Internet to educate, mobilize and promote their cause online.
Join Latinos for Internet Freedom. We’re calling on the Obama administration, Congress and the FCC to stop corporations from taking over the Internet. We need the FCC to preserve Net Neutrality and protect our online rights.
"Although its designation as a national park provides many protections, Grand Canyon still faces threats to its resources. Currently, ongoing external activities, such as water diversion, overflights, mining, and power generation, all can deleteriously affect park resources," reads a portion of the executive summary. "In addition, the park’s popularity continues to grow. As the second-most visited National Park in the system (Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the first), Park Service staff experience significant pressure in trying to preserve resources and provide high-quality visitor experiences. In a number of cases, many of which are documented in this report, legislation has been enacted to address complex problems involving these efforts. Unfortunately, this report also documents that legislation has often been unsuccessful at correcting the degradation of resources and the visitor experience.
And mark your calendars for the Netroots Nation online Holiday Bazaar starting December 2nd. This is a great platform for showing off all the talented crafters and artisans within our midst while benefiting Netroots Nation at the same time. So crafters, get cracking on those projects. December will be here before you know it.