Joel Wendland-Liu

Joel Wendland-Liu teaches courses on diversity, intercultural competence, migration, and civil rights at Grand Valley State University in West Michigan. He is the author of "Mythologies: A Political Economy of U.S. Literature, Settler Colonialism, and Racial Capitalism in the Long Nineteenth Century" (International Publishers) and "The Collectivity of Life" (Lexington Books).

LATEST ARTICLES BY Joel Wendland-Liu

U.S.

EPA urges reduction in dispersants on Gulf Coast
July 1, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson ordered the company last May to reduce its usage of dispersants by 75 percent.
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Labor

Labor Department aids workers displaced by BP’s oil spill
June 30, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an award of $27 million in National Emergency Grants to four key Gulf Coast states to assist workers displaced by BP's oil spill. Photo: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Infrogmation
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U.S.

Marriage equality summer
June 29, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
Marriage equality activists are refusing to let the pro-discrimination voices of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) go unanswered this summer.
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U.S.

Obama reaches out to seniors on new Medicare benefits
June 9, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
One of the most important features of President Obama's health reform law is that it begins to make health care more affordable for retirees and seniors. Several important reforms will undo some of the harm caused...
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Labor

Union provides hotline for Arizona travelers
June 3, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
If you are traveling to Arizona but worried about the state's new draconian racial profiling law, SEIU has some tips for you.
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U.S.

Police chiefs slam Arizona anti-immigrant law
May 26, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
Police chiefs from 10 major U.S. cities, including Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., expressed strong disapproval of Arizona's anti-immigrant law today, May 26 in a meeting with US Attorney General Eric Holder.
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U.S.

Arizona’s anti-immigrant law highlights need for reform
May 25, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
Most Americans want immediate action on comprehensive immigration reform, new polling data revealed this week.
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U.S.

Fox News airs extremist views
May 19, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu
FoxNews.com reported on the dubious findings of a discredited report published by the extremist anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic group Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
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