La Prensa San Diego

Guest Editorial: By Rob Sobhani News that the Supreme Court will review Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration should be welcome because it will settle the question of whether state law can supersede immigration powers belonging to the federal government. The controversial law, S.B. 1070, gives police unprecedented power to detain and check the documents of [...]

By Mariana Martínez Long lines snake through the halls at the San Diego Marriot. Women dressed in suits and men wearing ties, all holding on to their resumes and hopes of finding a job. This is a job fair with 17 companies and schools, including the army and the Border Patrol, seeking to find new [...]

  Por Mariana Martínez Las filas para entrar serpentean por los pasillos del hotel. Las mujeres en traje sastre y hombres de corbata desfilan por entre los puestos de reclutamiento en busca de trabajo. Esta es una feria de trabajo en la que 17 empresas y escuelas entre ellas las fuerzas armadas y la Patrulla [...]

Commentary: By County Supervisor Greg Cox, City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer, and Port Chairman Scott Peters    San Diegans rightly expect all levels of local government to be focused on creating and maintaining jobs, especially in this period of economic uncertainty. That is why we are united behind protecting thousands ofSan Diegojobs that [...]

Editorial: Back in 2005 when the private/public partnership was created to build toll road SR-125, lawmakers and the City of Chula Vista thought they were getting into a win-win deal. The vision was that traffic congestion in East Chula Vista would be alleviated and the city would realize cash flow from the profits of all [...]

Commentary: By Kmele Foster    Earlier this month, the President’s jobs bill failed in the Senate. Now the White House intends to break up the bill and gin up sufficient Republican support to pass key pieces. “We will now work with Senator Reid to make sure that the individual proposals in this jobs bill get [...]

Commentary: By Jerome Stocks    We hear a lot these days about the need for “shovel ready jobs” and the lack of them, as well as the “do nothing Congress”. For those who want answers, not excuses, let’s visit some of the places where job preventers work.    First stop: The home of the President [...]

 Analysis By Isaiah J. Poole New America Media WASHINGTON—President Obama said on Monday that his proposal would bring taxes for millionaires in line with those paid by the middle class. This “is not class warfare; it’s math,” he stated. But he could have easily been referring to math that hasn’t favored working-class and middle-class households [...]

Comentario: Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice    Mientras Barack Obama hablaba ante el Congreso y la nación de la urgencia de aprobar su plan de creación de empleos y las cámaras mostraban la reacción de algunos líderes republicanos que prefieren que el barco se hunda antes de colaborar con este presidente, imaginé qué pasaría si [...]

Commentary: By Hilda L. Solis    “When I grow up, I want to be a supply chain analyst.”    You don’t hear these words too often—but I’m hoping that changes fast.    When I was a child, my siblings and I would sit around the kitchen table and tell our parents about the jobs we [...]

Commentary: By Maria Cardona Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to be the next president of the United States. He announced his candidacy on Saturday and has since campaigned like an angry bull cornered by a Matador, no-holds barred–even going so far as to seem to threaten bodily harm to the chairman of the Federal Reserve [...]