Stories by Annette Fuentes

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Should Kids Go To Jail for Skipping School?

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Truancy courts are hitting students with harsh penalties and collecting millions of dollars in fines.

Foreclosure Crisis Ceding American Communities to Rats, Insects

Posted on: Dec 16, 2009, Source: New America Media

Abandoned swimming pools and garbage-strewn ghost towns have become ground zero for mosquito and rat infestations.

Corrupt U.S. Agents Aid Human Smuggling at Border

Posted on: Feb 9, 2009, Source: New America Media

The news media and policymakers have neglected the complicity of U.S. customs and border agents in the flow of migrants across the border.

Is Obama's Education Pick the Sarah Palin of the School System?

Posted on: Dec 23, 2008, Source: New America Media

Education advocates say Arne Duncan's qualifications are slim.

Miami-Dade Leaning Democratic as Cubans Age

Posted on: Nov 3, 2008, Source: New America Media

As the Cuban exile community ages, the Republican stronghold county is turning Democratic according to a poll of early voters.

Tuition Becomes Battleground in Immigration Fight

Posted on: Oct 6, 2008, Source: New America Media

But it's not only undocumented immigrants who might be affected.

Whose Homeland Is It?

Posted on: Jun 30, 2004, Source: In These Times

Who defines patriotism and democracy in post-9/11 America?

A Quiet Victory in Iowa

Posted on: Jun 8, 2004, Source: In These Times

Iowa is the first state to ban thimerisol -- a mercury preservative commonly found in children's vaccines which is thought to cause autism. Parents groups hope it isn't the last.