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No excuses for using the term 'wetback'
After Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) used "wetbacks" in an interview last week to describe the migrant workers who were once employed on his family's farm in California — and quickly apologized for uttering the slur —- The Times published an...
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Letters: On 'wetback'
Re "Republican apologizes for slur against Latinos," March 30 As an American with a Hispanic last name, reading the story of the Alaskan member of Congress using the term "wetback" brought back childhood memories. I grew up in San Antonio, a...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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Don Young's racist slur not good for GOP's minority outreach
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Republican elected official who casually uses the racist term “wetbacks” during a radio interview is a dunderhead of the first magnitude. “My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60...
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For Latinos, a Spanish word loaded with meaning
When Boyle Heights shop owner Arturo Macias hears fellow Latinos use the Spanish word for "wetback," he doesn't necessarily take offense. Macias, who crossed illegally into the U.S. through Tijuana two decades ago, has heard the term "mojado" for much...Tags: Ernest Hollings, International Military Interventions, Raul Ruiz, Social Issues, Mexico
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Alaska Rep. Don Young rebuked over slur
WASHINGTON - One of the House of Representatives’ longest-serving Republicans now says he meant “no disrespect” when he used the term “wetbacks” to describe migrant workers his family once employed. His comment, which...
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Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor’s race
GreenspaceIndependent photojournalists Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander were on Alaska’s North Slope in November to document traditional whaling by the native Inupiat people, and found themselves at the height of a highly charged mayoral election season, with... -
Doug Brinkley, Rep. Don Young squabble over Arctic refuge
GreenspaceFamed biographer Doug Brinkley and Alaskan Rep. Don Young clashed bitterly last Friday as Brinkley, a professor at Rice University and the author most recently of “The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom 1979-1960,” testified... -
CO2 sensitivity possibly less than most extreme projections
GreenspaceA new study in the journal Science suggests that the global climate may be less sensitive to CO2 fluctuations than predicted by the most extreme projections, and maybe slightly less than the best estimates of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.... -
Year in Review: Congress' 10 biggest enemies of the Earth
Opinion L.A.Republicans launched an unprecedented frontal assault against environmental protections and regulations this year, prompting Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to call his chamber "the most anti-environment House in history." Here are the 10 most powerful and... -
Sarah Palin emails: Governor had icy relationship with state's congressional delegation
Sarah Palin had a tough relationship with members of her home state congressional delegation, as she did with many other public officials.
E-mail exchanges between then-Gov. Palin and the head of her Washington office, John Katz, often have "Palin...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Ted Stevens, Sarah Palin, Government
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Battle over Pebble Mine shifts to EPA
GreenspaceTribal leaders who are battling plans for Pebble Mine, a $300-billion copper, molybdemum and gold deposit at the headwaters of Bristol Bay--home of the world's biggest sockeye salmon runs--are appealing now to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency... -
Friday's Talk Shows: Charlie Sheen, Diane Sawyer, LeAnn Rimes and Joy Behar are guests on 'The Dr. Oz Show'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 25 - 31 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Wanda Sykes. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7......
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