Last week, five cap-and-gown clad students — three of whom were illegal immigrants — risked arrest and deportation to hold a sit-in in Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) Tucson office. Earlier in the month, four high-ranking college students from Florida — only one of whom has been able to obtain legal residency — completed their four-month, [...]
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The American Dream
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged American Dream, Arizona, blog carnival, Dream Act, education, Immigration, John McCain, Mom's Rising on May 28, 2010, | 73 Comments »
McCain’s Big Moment
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Arlen Specter, Cindy McCain, CNN, CNN Grill, Code Pink, Divided We Fail, Howard Dean, John McCain, Lawrence O'Donnell, media, Norman Ornstein, presidential election, Republican National Convention, RNC, rnc2008, RNCC, Sarah Palin, St. Paul on September 5, 2008, | 4 Comments »
Thursday was another drizzly fall day in the Twin Cities, and everyone was talking about vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska who seemed to have come out of nowhere to take the political world by storm the night before. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sure had a tough act to follow, and not [...]
Hockey Moms and Lipstick: Roll Call Officially Nominates McCain, but It’s Palin’s Night
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Alaska, Carly Fiorina, Hillary Clinton, Hockey Moms, John McCain, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, media, Michael Steele, presidential election, Republican National Convention, RNC, rnc2008, RNCC, Sarah Palin, St. Paul, women in politics, women leaders on September 4, 2008, | 3 Comments »
Wednesday dawned at the Republican National Convention with an unmistakable air of anticipation. Today was essentially Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) coming-out party. Yes, she had her maiden voyage at the Ohio event announcing her selection, but a lot of water has splashed under the bridge since then and inquiring minds wanted to know what Sen. [...]
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