civil rights
La Raza conference: Overturn Arizona law
July 15, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Some 30,000 participants turned out for the National Council of La Raza annual conference here last weekend, where a major focus was Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070 law.
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In our broken system, legal immigration favors the privileged
July 14, 2010The truth is that the obtaining citizenship in this country if you are poor is difficult and costly and that is why many decide to enter the country illegally or simply overstay their visas.
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Of lynch mobs and lawsuits, immigration reform today
July 9, 2010As the summer marches on, the possibility that a comprehensive immigration reform law be passed before the November elections is more and more problematic.
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Ruth Emerson, civil rights leader
July 8, 2010NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Judges and lawyers, professors and educators, family and friends all spoke fondly of Ruth Calvin Emerson at the celebration of her life held at the New Haven Peoples Center on June 26.
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Jazz fest hears preview of tribute to Dr. King
July 8, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - For some years now, bassist, composer, band leader and educator Marcus Shelby has been bringing to musical life some of the most dramatic and significant episodes in American freedom and civil rights struggles.
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