– According to this Washington Post article, the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are twice as likely to face poverty as other kids.

– U.S. Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) has written an op-ed for the New York Times about the controversial Stupak-Ellsworth-Pitts amendment in the House healthcare reform bill.  You can read what he has to say by clicking here.

– A longtime anonymous donor has withdrawn an annual $20 million gift from the ACLU “due to market conditions.”  The gift would have been 25% of the ACLU’s operating fund.  Click here for more on the story.

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