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Two Immigrants Killed in Ambush by Arizona Gunmen
Eloy, Arizona. (Photo: Coc@) Two people were killed on Sunday night when “an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles” ambushed a truck carrying 20 to …
A Trend Toward Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Choice Laws
2011 saw a record number of laws restricting abortion in U.S. states. It also saw a record number of state anti-immigrant laws. Coincidence? Maybe not. In 2011, U.S. states …
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Green Cards for Clean Energy Job Creators
A federal government program that gives foreign investors green cards to invest in business ventures in the United States is being tapped to spur the Texas clean economy. At …
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Arizona Official Considering Banning Ethnic Studies in Universities, Too
Two years ago, Arizona outlawed the teaching of ethnic studies in K-12 schools, and now it may expand the prohibition to universities too. Just weeks after the state passed its infamous …
Driving Toward Justice: Vermont Migrant Rights Campaign Wins Licenses
(Photo: subadei) "Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the …
David Bacon on US Policies and the Great Mexican Migration
Noted journalist, author, documentary photographer, and long-time labor organizer David Bacon was Thorne Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio, Friday, March 16, 2012, on Austin community radio station KOOP-FM and …
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Arizona’s Curriculum Battles: A 500-Year Civilizational War
The censorship, banned curriculums and banned books in Arizona, are subject to much spin, which often lacks a grasp of the bigger and more ominous picture. These actions in …
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GOP Strategy for Hispanic Voters: It’s the Economy
Pueblo, Colorado - For many years, and multiple election cycles, Republicans talked about the growing Hispanic vote in America like moonstruck, misunderstood boys at a high school dance. They …
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Teach-Ins Target Arizona’s Mexican American Studies Ban, Organizations Demand Return of Banished Books
From the high plains of Wyoming to the urban centers of Atlanta, Chicago and New York City, hundreds of schools launched a historic teach-in movement today to incorporate lesson …
Book Burning in Arizona
There is more at work in the attack on ethnic studies than the rise of Tea Party politics and specific acts of censorship.