Tuscon – In December 1985, The New York Times reported on what was believed to be the first anti-apartheid conference of U.S. high schools discussing divestment from corporations…
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Athens – Election advertisements for Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party called for “taking the dirt out of the country,” “cleaning up Athens” and planting landmines along the borders…
Out of the Southwest in the second half of the 19th century would come half of the United States’ total mineral wealth, including gold, copper and oil; the…
Part I: Targeting ICE I was sitting on the pavement stopping traffic in the middle of a busy Phoenix thoroughfare at rush hour with five other activists. A…
A municipal police officer at a crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, October 28, 2011. (Photo: Katie Orlinsky / The New York Times) Charles Bowden dubbed Ciudad Juárez…
Cesar Chavez. Paulo Freire. Karl Marx. Howard Zinn. Are these authors socialists and communists and, if so, does this mean that they should not be taught to American…
What are the three demographic groups whose electoral impact is growing fastest? Hispanics, women, and young people. Who are Republicans pissing off the most? Latinos, women, and young…
Washington – Now that the immigration “crisis” has solved itself, this is the perfect time for Congress and the president to agree on a package of sensible, real-world…
Washington – “Los immigrantes, somos importantes!” protesters chanted Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Immigrants, we are important. Others carried signs that said, “Exporting illegals = importing jobs for…
A civil rights lawyers has proposed a new framework for understanding why the Arizona immigration law SB1070 currently making its way through the Supreme Court should be unconstitutional…