The Washington Independent

Weekly Diaspora: The Final Fight for the DREAM Act

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Minnesota Independent, Colorlines, Campus Progress, American Independent News Network, DREAM Act, Colorado Independent, Racewire, New America Media, Immigration, Inter Press Service, Barack Obama, The Washington Independent, Economy, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger It's a now-or-never moment for the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide a conditional path to citi...

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Washington Independent Signs Off After Three Years On The Web

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Independent, Eat the Press, The Washington Independent, Media News

Windy garnered recognition and launched careers. But in the end, it seems that it was a victim of the very financial downturn that it covered, exceptionally.

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Weekly Diaspora: ICE Deports Children, Disabled, and Domestic Violence Victims

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Campus Progress, Obama, change.org, Immigrants, Immigration, Texas Observer, Immigration Policy, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, The Washington Independent, Ice, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger For the past several months, the Obama administration has relentlessly professed its commitment to ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Immigration Reform Falls to the GOP

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Mother Jones, John Boehner, DREAM Act, Sb 1070, New America Media, Immigration, In These Times, The Washington Independent, Alternet, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The precarious fate of comprehensive immigration reform has fallen into the hands of staunch nativi...

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Weekly Diaspora: Lawless Judges, Immigrant Soldiers, and Deportee Pardons

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dhs, Obama, Immigration, The Nation, Barack Obama, Veterans, Ice, Immigration Reform, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Soldiers, Mother Jones, Filipino Veterans, Racewire, The Washington Independent, Eoir, Impact News

Misconduct and corruption within our immigration agencies are not merely the product of overcrowding and understaffing, but rather persistent inaction on the part of powerful lawmakers and government officials.

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Weekly Diaspora: Why Detention Reform is Desperately Needed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Detention Abuses, Feet in Two Worlds, Obama, Immigration, Ice, Detention, Detention Centers, Hutto Detention Center, Immigration Reform, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Detention Industry, Detention Watch Network, Racewire, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Last October, the Obama administration's announced their intention to reform the detention system--...

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Weekly Diaspora: Why Detention Reform is Desperately Needed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Detention Abuses, Feet in Two Worlds, Obama, Immigration, Ice, Detention, Detention Centers, Hutto Detention Center, Immigration Reform, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Detention Industry, Detention Watch Network, Racewire, The Washington Independent, Impact News

While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been crowing over its record number of deportations, it's suspiciously mum when it comes to the record number of detainees that still languish in mismanaged detention facilities.

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Weekly Diaspora: The Burden of Record-Breaking Deportations

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Colorlines, The American Prospect, Midterm Elections, Racewire, Immigration, New America Media, Obama, Barack Obama, Deportation, The Washington Independent, Shahed Hossain, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that it had broken its own record for...

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Weekly Audit: Will Obama Save Homeowners From Wall Street's Latest Fraud Scheme?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger A massive foreclosure fraud scandal is rocking the U.S. mortgage market. Wall Street banks and their lawyer...

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Weekly Diaspora: Will Immigration Reform Bills Bring Voters to the Polls?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Menendez, Robert Menendez, change.org, Immigration, Ice, Immigration Reform, Pew Hispanic Center, Colorlines, Schumer, Luis Gutierrez, Orrin Hatch, New America Media, The Latino Vote, Latino Vote, Hatch, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Riding the media blitz that followed the DREAM Act's recent defeat, Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) an...

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Weekly Diaspora: Schools a Minefield for Undocumented Students After DREAM defeat

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Jan Brewer, DREAM Act, I-Word, Georgia, Tom Horne, Feet in Two Worlds, New America Media, Immigration, change.org, Arizona, Raza Studies, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger It's no secret that anti-immigrant activists have a penchant for targeting youth, the most vulnerab...

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Weekly Pulse: Sharron Angle Mocks Insurance for Autism; The Fight to Save Food Stamps

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Blog, The American Prospect, Food Stamps, Tpm, Sharron Angle, Food Stamp Benefits, The Progressive, Care2, E!, The Swan, Ectopic Pregnancy, School Lunch, Tapped, Reality TV, Nevada, Harry Reid, Plastic Surgery, Bridalplasty, Mother Jones, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Insurance, Ms Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Autism, Health Care, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you hea...

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Weekly Diaspora: DREAM Act Stalls, Voting Rights Violations in Arizona

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Harry Reid, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Detention Industry, Truthout, DREAM Act, Voting Rights Act, Sb 1070, Corrections Corporation of America, David Cho, Immigration, The Nation, Latino Vote, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Immigration reform activists suffered a disappointing setback this week. The Senate failed to muste...

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Weekly Audit: Can Elizabeth Warren Save the Economy?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...

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Weekly Diaspora: DREAM Act Could be First Step to Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After months of intense debate over the Obama administration's efforts to revamp our immigration sy...

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Weekly Diaspora: The High Cost of Cheap Labor

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, United Farm Workers, Unemployment Rate, Ice, Immigration Reform, Unemployment, Michigan Messenger, Oil Spill, H2-a Visa, Mother Jones, The Media Consortium, Katrina, New America Media, BP Oil Spill, Guest Workers, Economy, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger A new study about the effects of immigration on U.S. employment supports the long-standing argumen...

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Weekly Audit: Why Do Deficit Hawks Hate Social Security?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Last week, Social Security advocates learned something they had long suspected. Arguments for cutting Social ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Immigrants Abused, Denied Social Services in Broken Immigration System

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, T. Don Hutto Residential Center, Human Rights Watch, T. Don Hutto, Detention Abuses, Immigration Prisons, Obama, Immigration, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Barack Obama, Ice, Alternet, Detention, Detention Centers, Hutto Detention Center, Immigration Reform, American Civil Liberties Union, Colorlines, Detention Industry, The Media Consortium, Health Care Reform, Secure Communities, Racewire, U-Visa, Border Control, Health Care, Immigration Policy, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After decades of misguided policies and patchwork practices, the high human costs of our disordered...

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Weekly Audit: Save Affordable Housing, Help Revive America's Middle Class

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Over the past decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transformed themselves into some of the worst-run companies ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After signing a controversial $600 million border security bill last week, President Barack Obama is d...

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Weekly Diaspora: Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Crusade Continues

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SUSAN BOLTON, Detention Centers, John McCain, Colorlines, Jan Brewer, Truthout, Sb 1070, Joe Arpaio, The Progressive, Talking Points Memo, Arizona, J.D. Hayworth, The Washington Independent, Home News

by Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Though Arizona's SB 1070 went into effect without its most controversial provisions, the legislation'...

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Weekly Audit: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Matt Taibbi, Democracy Now!, Elizabeth Warren, Sec, Tbtf, Stacy Mitchell, Financial Reform, Annie Lowrey, Overdrafts, Cop, YES! Magazine, Kevin Drum, Alternet, Financial Fraud, Goldman Fraud, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Reform, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, Overdraft Fees, Goldman Settlement, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzales, Too Big to Fail, The Washington Independent, Home News

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger With the Wall Street reform bill finally cleared through Congress, activists and intellectuals are pushin...

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Weekly Audit: The Hidden Casualties of the Great Recession

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Timebanks, Unemployed, Foreclosure Crisis, Colorlines, Unemployment, The American Prospect, Unemployment Crisis, Labor Market, Foreclosure, The Nation, YES! Magazine, Recession, The Washington Independent, Great Depression, Home News

by Annie Shields, Media Consortium blogger The June labor market report announced that the unemployment rate is down from 9.7 to 9.5 percent and 83,00...

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Weekly Mulch: Oil rig sinks, as does Senate climate bill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cape Cod, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Kevin Drum, Mms, Lieberman, Dod, Carol Browner, Biomass, Oil Spill, Cape Wind, Mother Jones, Disaster, Climate Bill, In These Times, Grist, Texas Observer, Bp, Kerry, Louisiana, Greenhouse Gas, Massachusetts, Texas, Coast Guard, Care2, Wind Farm, Interior Department, Graham, Environment, Oil, Off-Shore Drilling, Working in These Times, Senate, The Washington Independent, Exxon Valdez, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Two disasters flared up this week, one environmental, the other political. Off the coast of Louisiana, oil f...

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Weekly Audit: Brown-Nosing Wall Street Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger More than two years after the collapse of Bear Stearns, the House and Senate finally ironed out their differ...

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