Tomorrow, Friday, August 17, at some point after 9:00 AM, Kris Kobach will speak before the US Commission on Civil Rights in defense of Alabama’s HB 56, of which he is the author. And so, yet again, the Kansas Secretary … Continued
American Legislative Exchange Council
Rep. Daryl Metcalfe of SLLI: “There are no innocent illegal aliens”
In a news release from Friday, June 29th, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, the founder of the Tanton Network’s State Legislators for Legal Immigration, was quoted as having said: “There are no innocent illegal aliens because their very first step across the … Continued
Immigration
Cross-Post: Justice Please: Reject Arizona’s Anti-Immigration Law
Originally posted on April 28 by Whatsupsmiley. The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Arizona v. United States, regarding the Justice Department’s challenge to the controversial anti-immigration law in Arizona, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods … Continued
Kobach’s Calendar Complaints Endure
It’s not exactly news to report that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach hasn’t been doing his job. Last month, when the coalition KanVote obtained a copy of his professional calendar, they indeed proved that he spent a substantial amount … Continued
Vehicle with Anti-Immigrant Slogans Found Filled with Explosives
Yesterday in Kansas, a man was arrested after his truck was found allegedly packed with several homemade shrapnel-filled bombs near the Capitol. The Kansas legislature also began a series of hearings yesterday over different immigration bills. The car found with … Continued
“Free Pancho!”: the Occupy Movement Steps Up for Immigrant Rights
“If you want to be a rebel, be kind: human-kind, be both.” – Pancho Pancho Ramos Stierle was known by members of the Fruitvale community in Oakland as a spiritual leader. Following the Occupy Oakland General Strike of November 2, … Continued
Occupy Oakland Holds Rally In Solidarity with Phoenix, Opposes ALEC
At 5pm on Wednesday, November 30th, Occupy Oakland and community members will rally at Fruitvale Plaza to say no to criminalization, incarceration, and corporate profiteering at the expense of immigrant communities. Fruitvale is a mostly Latino neighborhood in Oakland. According … Continued
Dave Agema: an Islamophobe for Michigan
Anders Behring Breivik’s heinous terrorism that struck Norway last month brought world-wide Islamophobia out of its erstwhile latency, a sobering call to assess a movement that has inscribed itself de jure into the policies of Western governments. In the context … Continued
Barriers to Ballots: Republicans Brazenly Suppress Voter Rights
If you believe folk in your community should have the right to vote without a “photo please” demand at their polling place, read on. In a frenzy of political deconstruction four decades after President
Politics
Cross-post: 12 Things You Need to Know About the Uprising in Wisconsin
By Joshua Holland | Sourced from AlterNet What’s happening in Wisconsin is not complicated. At the beginning of this year, the state was on course to end 2011 with a budget surplus of $120 million. As Ezra Klein explained, newly … Continued