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Rights group says California abuses children
June 3, 2010A recent Human Rights Watch report on California's neglect of children leaving foster care has gained considerable international coverage.
Read moreRadio station sparks furor over “chasing aliens” contest
June 2, 2010Immigrant rights groups are demanding that a talk-radio station in Columbus, Ohio, apologize for promoting a contest last week that dehumanizes immigrants.
Read moreOil cleanup workers fight back against BP
June 2, 2010Workers struggling to stem the oil flow on the Gulf Coast are falling ill and some are filing class actions suits against BP.
Read moreAs oil gushes, BP spews nonsense
June 2, 2010While BP has its own "reporters" enthusing about a "ballet at sea" in the Gulf, some 200,000 workers in the region are either out of work or facing imminent unemployment.
Read moreBorder Patrol accused in immigrant death
June 2, 2010Mexican human rights defenders are accusing the U.S. Border Patrol of beating, kicking and tasering a Mexican undocumented immigrant to death in San Diego, Calif.
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