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Tucson’s Ousted Mexican-American Studies Director Speaks: The Fight’s Not Over
Sean Arce may not have a job anymore, but he’s still going to defend the program he used to direct. Arce, the former director of Tucson Unified School District’s …
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Ethnic Minority Youth Lead New Wave of Student Activism
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 operating …
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Neo-Nazi Party Plots Rise as First Effort to Form New Greek Government Fails
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 to …
Texas Amnesia
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 ranching …
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Inside The Matrix: My Night in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jail
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 large …
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A Tale of Two Cities: Ciudad Juarez and El Paso
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 "Murder …
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No Such Thing as Too Much Truth: Saving Ethnic Studies in Arizona
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 high …
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The GOP’s Death Wish: Why Republicans Can’t Stop Pissing Off Hispanics, Women, and Young People
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 people. …
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What Immigration “Crisis”?
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 reforms. Yeah, …
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Arizona Immigration Law’s Supporters, Opponents Rally Outside Supreme Court
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 Americans!” Inside …