civil rights
Progressive center machine-gunned
July 16, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Southwest Workers Union's living quarters was sprayed with semi-automatic rifle fire July 11, leaving a 23-year-old intern in critical condition.
Read moreLa 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreOf 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.
Read moreRuth 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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