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So the relationship between Emanuel and Pelosi, friendly but never warm, is fraught with intrigue. Leaders of the House's black and Hispanic caucuses recently got so fed up with Emanuel over his reluctance to hire minority consultants for the fall campaign that they appealed to Pelosi to intervene, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whose Party Is It Anyway? | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

Nor should we assume this urge to withdraw is only a conservative tactic. In the state of Nebraska, the only black member of the state legislature is Ernie Chambers. Ernie is so liberal that a colleague in the legislature said, ?Ernie sees racism when he pours his breakfast cereal.? But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Americans Suffering Diversity Fatigue? | 5/31/2006 | See Source »

To be sure, there is intensity on the other side of the immigration debate, as the pro-immigration rallies in April showed. But those may have little impact on the 2006 congressional elections. The rallies were in cities like Los Angeles that are already represented by pro-immigrant, Democratic Congressmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Immigration Reform May Die in the House | 5/30/2006 | See Source »

Consider yourself warned. ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are all developing English-language versions of the over-the-top Spanish-language soap operas known as telenovelas. Unlike American soaps, telenovelas air in prime time, with a cliffhanger at the conclusion of each hour-long episode, and end after a few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Telenovela Revolution | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

JOAN BAEZ, folk singer with Hispanic roots, from a makeshift treehouse in a 50-ft. walnut, where she and two other activists camped out to protest the planned sale to developers of a community garden used by Latino immigrants in South Los Angeles

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 5, 2006 | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

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