Every Friday we want to offer a collection of media pieces that we’re finding provocative, vital, persuasive, prophetic, genius, infuriating, mind-blogging, and other adjectives that gesture at all things thought-provoking. Some of these posts will, of course, focus on immigration, but some will not. Some of these posts will represent the foreground of our national attention, but others will have sunk far into its background. Regardless, we hope to pass on a bit of what we’ve been reading, and what’s been capturing our attentions. If you’d like to pass on any media, please contact us at Imag2050@gmail.com. Enjoy!

• APNewsBreak: Feds say Arpaio violated civil rights (from AP)

• My video for ACLU_SoCal: ICE tries to deport US Citizen (from Aquifier Media)

• Virginia Tech Shooting: ‘Hokies For Crouse’ Raises Money For Slain Officer’s Family (How You Can Help) (from Huffington Post)

• ‘Toughest Sheriff in America’ Battles to Keep His Job in Arizona (from The Daily Beast)

• Video: “We Will Stand: Defending Voting Rights” (from NAACP)

• Bigotry in advertising: Anti-Muslim Bias (from The Economist)

• Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans (from The New York Times)

• Rick Berman’s Anti-Labor Front Group To Launch $10 Million Ad Campaign (from Huffington Post)

• Rick Santorum: Undocumented Immigrants Are All Law-Breakers (from Huffington Post)

• The Love That Dares (from Mother Jones)

• Immigrant Detention Centers In Illinois Cited In New Report For Human Rights Violations (from Huffington Post)

• ACLU Sues Scott Walker Over Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law (from TPM Muckraker)

• Gay Vietnam Vet Who Challenged Romney On Marriage Equality Speaks Out (from Think Progress)

• Extreme Right-Winger, Gianluca Casseri Kills Two Senegalese Men (from Loonwatch.com)

• Group wants county to seek Arpaio’s resignation (from AZCapitalTimes.com)

• Immigration Detainees Seek Prison-Rape Protection (from NPR)

• Human Rights Watch accuses Alabama of violating constitution (from The Guardian)