The number of black and Hispanic
registered voters has taken an enormous decline since four years ago and has
the Obama campaign scrambling to sign up voters. The number of black voters
dropped 7 percent, while Hispanic voters fell 5 percent. According to the
Washington Post, This is the first time it has dropped in almost 40 years and
The decrease is being attributed to the struggling economy, which made it
necessary for many to relocate in search of jobs. Now massive
voter-registration pushes are starting across the country BUT That push is
being made more complicated by new legislation passed in eight states that
require voters to show state-issued photo ID cards.
A special
congrats to Los Angeles Times... They Won Inaugural Newspaper of the Year Award
The
annual competition is sponsored by the California Newspaper Publishers
Association.
And in other news....
Yemeni authorities say the man
responsible for the deaths of 17 soldiers in the 2000 bombing of American
warship U.S.S. Cole at a port in Yemen was killed over
the weekend in an airstrike.
In more news....
In what may be the first sign of
serious blowback for Walmart after a bombshell New York Times report last
month, the United States’ second-largest pension fund said it is suing the
company over allegations of misconduct in Mexico. In a
statement, The California State Teachers’ Retirement
System said it has filed suit based on the allegations made in the
Times report, which said Walmart used bribery to speed its growth in Mexico, then
covered up the payouts. The fund’s CEO said in a statement that the case was
intended to ensure “that similar misconduct is not repeated in the future.”
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