Yesterday was a day of discoveries. I discovered that my hair was an inch longer than the last time I checked, I discovered that one of my best friends decided to ditch her first name and go with her middle … Continued
Immigration
Community Members Protest Weeden Foundation in New York
Community members in the Bronx are fed up with anti-immigrant bigotry. And today they are exposing a powerful New York foundation for funding the anti-immigrant movement. The Weeden Foundation was confronted by over 100 community members in front of its … Continued
Immigration
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric At Home With Gun Rights Advocates
by Brian Schultz The major intersection of the gun rights and immigration reform debates is, unsurprisingly, that of security: current immigration policies put you at risk, so you had better own a gun to offset it. From the broader threat … Continued
Politics
Dream Now Letters: Yahaira Carrillo
Originally posted on Citizen Orange on July 21, 2010: The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign created to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. With broader comprehensive immigration reform stuck in … Continued
Politics
Fox News & Tea Party Went On Despicable Witch Hunt
As Keith Olbermann said “by trying to be everyone’s President you are being no one’s President” Mr. Olberman, you hit the proverbial nail on the head. The White House should not be the student when it comes to issues of … Continued
Immigration
A Real Turn-Off: Population, Borders, and Hidden Agendas
Population growth is a tricky topic in many a political sphere. Perhaps no more so than for progressives concerned about climate change. I myself have wrestled with how to reconcile a commitment to racial justice and civil rights and a … Continued
Immigration
Tea Party Exhibits Racism, House Gives It a Caucus
According to Vice President Joe Biden, neither he nor the Obama administration believes the Tea Party to be a racist organization. This past Sunday on ABC’s This Week, Vice-President Joe Biden said, “I don’t believe—the president doesn’t believe—that the Tea … Continued
Immigration
Negative Population Growth Plants Anti-immigrant Advertisement in Washington Times
July brought another advertisement in the Washington Times by anti-immigrant group Negative Population Growth (NPG). NPG attacks immigrants in order to tap into the urgency of the environmental movement around the BP oil spill. This is just one more attempt … Continued
Immigration
“Apply the Brakes:” Nativists and Naturalists Corrupt the Environment-Population Dialogue
Who would have thought that the renowned Lester Brown of Worldwatch Institute or Roderick Nash of the classic Wilderness and the American Mind would involve themselves in a portion of the environmental movement that dallies with nativists and white nationalists? … Continued
Economy
Hyatt Hotel Workers Fed Up, Ready to Protest
Thousands of workers are gearing up to protest Hyatt and its billionaire owners—Chicago’s own Pritzker family—on Thursday, July 22. Workers in Chicago, Honolulu, San Francisco, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey, Boston, Vancouver, Toronto, Miami, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, San Antonio, Santa Clara … Continued