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Segregated housing rooted in government policy, panel shows

January 24, 2011 By John Rummel

"From Redlining to White Flight, the History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism" presented shocking details of how government and industry played a big role in segregating neighborhoods and schools.

Republicans playing with fire on immigration, Latinos say

January 6, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Republicans are pushing anti-immigrant bills in states across the country, spurring anger among Latinos, who are a major voting bloc.

Coalition urges filibuster reforms in new Senate session

January 5, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

A coalition of progressive organizations, Fix the Senate Now, is calling for filibuster reform.

Banning ethnic studies in Arizona is wrong!

January 4, 2011 By Alexander Monarrez Maldonado And Pepe Lozano

A new draconian law in Arizona went into effect banning classes statewide, k-12, that promote the teachings of civil rights leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez.

Scott sisters freed!

January 4, 2011

Jamie and Gladys Scott received the news on December 29 that their 16-year prison ordeal was over at last: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour commuted their double-life sentences and ordered them out of prison. They were originally...