On June 15, the nation’s silliest newspaper published an even sillier article by a not-so-silly man.
The very serious Kris Kobach, of counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), wrote a short diatribe
Immigration
Immigration
Help Students and the American Dream
We need more dreamers in America, not less.
We need dreamers like Erick. He came to the United States from Mexico when he was 2 years old. He grew up here, went to school here, and was taught the American dream.
Immigration
Progressives for Immigration Reform: Blogs of Bigotry
by Nina Masters
Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) has published an increasingly prevalent amount of spiteful blogs on its website in recent weeks. PFIR, for those who don’t know, is part of the John Tanton Network, a conglomerate of anti-immigrant groups
Politics
The Hijab in the United States: a Symbol of Choice or Oppression?
Recently, a protest took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capitol, when thirty to forty women participated in a Right-to-Drive campaign. These women did so, of course, in the traditional Islamic garb that many “Westerners” openly recognize as counter-intuitive to all exercises of freedom.
Which begs an important question: why can’t the West seem to come to terms with the Hijab?
Politics
Cross-Post: New York, Marriage Equality and Immigrants
Originally posted on Feet in 2 Worlds. By Erwin de Leon.
When Governor Andrew Cuomo called for “justice for all” through the passage of a marriage equality bill earlier this year, I asked whether gay marriage was a priority for New York immigrants. Some queer activists did not think so, arguing that many immigrants, gay or straight, are far more concerned about bread and butter issues.
Politics
Cross-Post: Georgia Immigration Law Could Force Taxi Drivers To Check Passengers’ Immigration Status
Originally published on Thinkprogress.org – by Andrea Nill Sanchez on Jun 21, 2011.
Yesterday, a federal judge heard arguments in the legal challenge brought against Georgia’s new immigration law by advocacy and civil rights groups. The plaintiffs in the case argue that the law — modeled after Arizona’s immigration legislation — is federally preempted, would promote racial profiling, and violate the Fourth Amendment. Those aren’t the only problems with Georgia’s new immigration policy.
Food Justice
Our Dinner Tables and the Cost of Human Lives (en Español tambien)
(Español mas abajo)
Frighteningly, the cases of workers dying while harvesting or processing the food we consume on daily basis in this country are frighteningly frequent.
Though they are exposed to different threats and dangers across their respective industries of employment, what is universal is this—these workers are asked to sacrifice life-and-limb, literally, with very little reward for their struggles.
According to the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2009 there were 3,277,700 total recordable cases of “Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses [among] Private Industry” businesses. Beyond those injuries, 4,090 on-the-job fatalities were reported and recorded within the private sector.
Politics
Eliana Benador & Richard Spencer: Islamophobia’s Own Pinky & the Brain
By Jerry Higgins
Huma Abedin is in her mid thirties, and according to newspaper reports she is expecting the couple’s first child. She is an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and she is a practicing Muslim. And, yeah, she’s also married to Anthony Weiner.
On June 12 Eliana Benador wrote an article for the Washington Times website that is no longer available there, but you can see it here, thanks to Twitpic. That piece was followed by an article on the FrontPage Magazine website on June 17, available here. Renowned Islamophobe Robert Spencer was then interviewed by FrontPage on the June 21, available here.