Facebook routinely uses its users to conduct psychology experiments gauging emotional reactions to news fees and measuring engagement. The latest revelation though shows that in an experiment in 2012, the manipulation caused a spike in voter turnout in the 2012 election.
The Republican Party dominated the mid-term elections, taking the Senate, winning more house seats and scoring victories with several gubernatorial candidates. But the mid-term results sent messages that American voters supported ballot initiatives on minimum wage raises, land conservation and paid sick leave -- usually identified as Democratic, progressive issues.
Davino Watson was held in a Buffalo, New York detention center for over three years waiting to be deported. Despite telling his guards he was an American citizen, they ignored him and never bothered to investigate his claim. Now free, he is suing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and immigration officers. His is not an isolated case, but certainly the longest period of detention.
An investigation by independent journalist Greg Palast has found suspicion of voter fraud is just a cover for purging voters, mostly Latinos, Asian and African Americans off voter rolls, and it could effect Senate seats and possibly the outcome of the next presidential election.
A six seat victory in Tuesday's mid-term elections will give Republicans control of the House and Senate, but Democrats and Republicans are scoring very close in the polls and election think there will be runs-offs, perhaps changes in voter demographics and uncertainty about where voter anger about the economy and immigration will shape the outcome.
Twenty five people were arrested Monday for protesting the work of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the government agency that approvals projects for producing and moving natural gas - pipelines, natural gas facilities, compressors. The arrests are just the beginning of a week of protests planned at the agency. Often times the pipelines and compressors are going through areas not normally associated with industrialization.
The civil rights activist and MSNBC host, the Rev. Al Sharpton has called for a federal prosecution into the police shooting death of Ferguson black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer. Sharpton say the grand jury is tainted.
Wedged between Halloween and All Saint's Day is a Mexican tradition of celebrating the ancestors that goes back thousands of years - Dia de los Muertos. The festival used the mark Harvest Time but that was before the Spaniards occupied Mexico. Mano a Mano are organizing a two day festival for New Yorkers.
Maine health officials were able to persuade the court to issue a order restricting the nurse's movements. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. just returned from Ebola stricken countries but is self-monitoring.
News reports about Latino children being sent home instead of educated at a Long Island school promoted the New York Civil Liberties Union to survey other county schools with shocking results. Children are being asked for social security numbers, proof of citizenship, questioned about their immigration status and demand for 'original' birth certifications all in violation of constitutional laws that guarantee a child a free public education.
The Maine nurse defied state health officials by going for a bike ride. In New Orleans at the beginning of a tropical diseases conference, medics are told not to attend if they've had contact with Ebola and the World Health Organization has only half of the funds it needs to carry out its goals to combat the Ebola epidemic.
A study of charges in 191 arraignments in New York City courts found 91 percent of those arraigned were people of color. In 163 instances, the charges were dismissed. Charges dismissed included drinking from an open container, sitting on two subway seats, or sleeping on the subway. The report argues such arrests, while on the surface appearing frivolous, lead to criminalizing harmless behavior and can breed cynicism, resentment and resistance.
Government agencies like the Justice Department and Homeland Security are finalizing their recommendations on immigration reform and will be sending them to the White House in the next couple of weeks. The Obama Administration has delayed taking executive action on reform twice but has said he will make an announcement before the end of the year.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended quarantines for soldiers returning from Ebola stricken countries, and on the Secretary of Defense mandated a 21 day "controlled monitoring regimen" on Wednesday. There are over 200,000 Latinos serving in the U.S. military.
The White House computer network sustained a two week long cyberattack. Fortunately, it was an unclassified computer and White House officials say the Executive Office of the President (EOP) regularly gets hit with cyberattacks. White House officials said the computers and systems were not damaged.
Five Latinos either running for congressional seats or hoping for re-election as incumbents are in tight races in California, Florida, New Hampshire and Texas.
For several decades, the hiring of state government employees in New York State hasn't reflected the percentage of Latinos resident in the state. The latest analysis shows while Latinos make up 18 percent of the New York State population, they only are hired for 4.9 percent of government jobs.
The second 'Dallas' nurse infected by Ebola will be released on Tuesday. States are issuing their own quarantine rules and clean water is crucial for treating the disease.
Just two weeks away from the start of the mid-term elections where New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking a second term he released his policy blueprint which included a commitment to supporting the New York State DREAM Act. The Act's sponsor tells Cuomo it has to be a legislative priority in 2015.
A work dispute in 2010 led to a Mexican national who has lived in the US for 15 years being swept up by ICE under its controversial Secure Communities Program. Facing deportation he has sought sanctuary in a Denver church. Garcia said, "We are part of this country and not a threat."
American UN Ambassador visiting countries stricken with Ebola virus outbreak, New York doctor's condition serious, and New Jersey nurse quarantined under controversial program is symptom free and doesn't think politicians should make health decisions.
Two nurses are clear of the Ebola virus, but three are being observed in New York, the first New York Ebola patient is in 'stable condition' and a woman was quarantined without symptoms after arriving in New Jersey has since developed them. New Jersey and New York governors issued a mandatory quarantine for anyone traveling from the three African countries with the Ebola epidemic if they have been in contact with someone with the disease.
A medic recently returned from Ebola-stricken Guinea where he treated patients was rushed to a New York City hospital with a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. Tests confirmed he has contracted Ebola.
Lebanon health officials said they have quarantined a Lebanese man suspected of having Ebola after he arrived from West Africa. It is the first suspected case in the country.
