Anti-immigrant group Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) is hosting an event today, August 25 called, ‘Where have all the orange trees gone? A discussion on Population, Biodiversity and Immigration,’ that will feature special guest Michael Tobias. According to CAPS’ newsletter, … Continued
A scant nineteen months into office, Barack Obama has become the lightning rod for the unfolding fight for American identity—a fight that will last far into the twenty-first century as the country becomes minority white and dramatically more pluralistic. That … Continued
Despite President Obama clearly stating that he is a Christian, nearly one in five Americans incorrectly believes he is Muslim. The nonpartisan group Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a poll (between July 21 and August 5) and … Continued
Originally Published in The Irish Times: ONE MEMBER of his own UMP party has compared President Sarkozy’s crackdown on illegal Roma camps to “rafles”, the roundups of Jews in Nazi-occupied France. Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has cautioned against stigmatising … Continued
Originally published on Grist.org by Tom Philpott – 19 Aug 2010. As a jaded observer of the livestock industry, I just sighed when I learned the scale of the current salmonella-tainted egg recall: 380 million eggs, distributed under 10 different brands … Continued
As part of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, the government started building a 700 mile fence along the 2000 mile southern border of the United States. Supposedly this will halt unauthorized immigration from the South. The 640 miles of … Continued
A recent lawsuit involving state agencies and a baby wrongly taken from an immigrant mother exposes the injustices that occur when power, privilege and immigration collide. The lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center on Aug. 12, 2010 alleges … Continued
Are workers as resistant as beets to Monsanto’s Roundup? Of course not! Any of your parents talk about the classic Sci-Fi movies of the 50s and 60s? Those movies were filled with precautionary warnings of invasion, mutation, and diabolical circumstances … Continued
It’s amazing. Republican bigots continue to pile on the anti-Islam, anti-mosque bandwagon, and Democrats continue to get sucked into their trap of right-wing demagoguery, spineless and afraid of their own shadow. Even Harry Reid, majority leader of the U.S. Senate, … Continued
The hate group Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) lists many anti-immigrant state groups on its website and encourages its members to join these organizations. One such organization is Secure Arkansas, an anti-immigrant organization that has recently caused a stir … Continued