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Informes de estado a estado: Los beneficios económicos de enmendar nuestro sistema de inmigración que no funciona
Posted by on August 1, 2013 at 6:22 PM EDTEstados Unidos ha sido siempre una nación de inmigrantes y, a través de la historia de esta nación, inmigrantes de todas partes del mundo han mantenido nuestra fuerza laboral vibrante, nuestros negocios a la vanguardia, y ayudado a crear el mecanismo económico más grande del mundo. Sin embargo, el sistema de inmigración de nuestra nación no funciona y no ha mantenido el ritmo de los tiempos cambiantes.
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State-by-State Reports: The Economic Benefits of Fixing Our Broken Immigration System
Posted by on August 1, 2013 at 9:30 AM EDTIn addition to giving a significant boost to our national economy, commonsense immigration reform will also generate important economic benefits in each state, from increasing workers’ wages and generating new tax revenue to strengthening the local industries that are the backbone of states’ economies.
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Minimizing Healthcare’s Environmental Footprint
Posted by on July 17, 2013 at 3:38 PM EDTDr. Jeff Thompson is being honored as a Champion of Change for his work on the front lines to protect public health in a changing climate.
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For the Win: Preserving Our World
Posted by on July 3, 2013 at 12:13 PM EDTFor the Win, a weekly blog series featuring the remarkable initiatives that young Americans are advancing to win the future for their communities, honors Jordyn Schara, a high school senior from Reedsburg, WI, who founded Wisconsin Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal, known as WI P2D2, to help communities dispose of medicines safely, preventing teen prescription drug abuse and avoiding water contamination.
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State-by-State Reports: President Obama's Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution and Prepare for Consequences of Climate Change
Posted by on June 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM EDTState-by-state reports detail the impacts of extreme weather and pollution across the country, and explain how President Obama's plan will help cut carbon pollution and prepare states for the impacts of climate change that can't be avoided.
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Citizen Scientists and Monarch Butterflies
Posted by on June 25, 2013 at 11:48 AM EDTWhen I think of citizen science, I think of points of enlightenment spreading over a map, literally filling it with new knowledge. Each point represents a person who is making an important contribution to science, who is learning a lot, and who is likely to be engaged in conserving the phenomenon they’re studying.
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Two Years Later, Bold New Steps for the Materials Genome Initiative
Posted by on June 24, 2013 at 9:07 AM EDTTwo years ago today, President Obama launched the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), a collaborative endeavor of the public and private sectors designed to double the pace of innovation, manufacture, and deployment of high-tech materials in America.Today, universities, companies, Federal agencies, and other partners announced more than twenty new commitments to kick-start an ambitious third year for the MGI.
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Reaching for the Stars: Bringing the Cosmos to a Computer Near You
Posted by on June 20, 2013 at 6:30 PM EDTJeremiah Ostriker is being honored as a Champion of Change for the vision he has demonstrated and for his commitment to open science.
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Leaders Across the Midwest Urge Immigration Reform to Strengthen the Economy
Posted by on June 20, 2013 at 1:20 PM EDTDemocratic and Republican state and local officials from all over the country are speaking out about the need for commonsense immigration reform. See what officials from the midwest United States had to say.
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Engaging AAPI Faith-Based and Community Leaders in Chicago
Posted by on June 20, 2013 at 12:52 PM EDTThe White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders kicks off a series of forums across the country designed to connect federal officials with AAPI faith-based and other community leaders to share key Administration policies on economic growth, immigration, education, and civil rights.
