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People Of Color Less Likely To Vote Due To Super PAC Influence

colorlines.com | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Colorlines, Superpacs, Voter Suppression, Bv-Politics, Ensure-Ballot-Integrity, Campaign Finance, Black Voices News

t's becoming more difficult for people to see how their vote is going to matter in the 2012 election. When states are increasingly passing voter ID la...

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Wondering what SOPA Is? Here's 5 Things You Should Know

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Sopa Protest, SOPA Explainer, Colorlines, Net Neutrality, Sopa, Black Voices News

This post originally appeared at ColorLines. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has got the entire Internet up in arms today. Media justice adv...

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Arizona Memo to Journalists / Editors on Immigration: Drop the I-Word.

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Dreamer Adrift, US Supreme Court, Ap, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrant, Sb 1070, Illegal Alien, New York Times, Immigration, Arizona, Immigrant, Colorlines, Media, Eugene Roberts, Civil Rights, Media News
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It's time for the AP -- and all journalists and editors -- to drop the "I-word" and find a decent and more accurate way of framing immigration matters.

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Weekly Diaspora: What Homeland Security Looks Like After Bin Laden's Death

The Media Consortium | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Latin America, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Muslim Americans, Homeland Security, Washington Monthly, Feet in Two Worlds, Obama, Iraq, Immigration, Latino Soldiers, Barack Obama, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, DREAM Act, Navy Seals, Racewire, New America Media, Nseers, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Nearly a decade ago, America's War on Terror began as a manhunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden...

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Weekly Diaspora: How Bad U.S.-Latin American Policy Fuels Unauthorized Immigration

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Cafta, Central American Free Trade Agreement, Cartels, Wells Fargo, Mexico, Free Trade, Obama, Immigration, North American Free Trade Agreement, Chiquita, Nafta, Wachovia, Barack Obama, El Salvador, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Colombia, New America Media, Panama, In These Times, Inter Press Service, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Too often, the immigration debate in this country ignores the role U.S. foreign policy plays in fue...

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The Wavelength: Original Reporting--What's it Worth? Plus: Tracking the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Fcc, WAVELENGTH, Free Press, Truth-Out, Net Neutrality, IPS News, AT&T, Google, Colorlines, T-Mobile, The WAVELENGTH, Mother Jones, ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION, Truthiness, Save the Internet, YES! Magazine, Media News
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By Eric Arnold, Media Consortium blogger Last week, the New York Times debuted a long-awaited paywall, and stats blogger Nate Silver used the launch a...

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Weekly Pulse: Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State Employees

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Abortion, Welfare, Suzy Khimm, Minnesota Independent, Florida, Andy Birkey, Hiv, Abstinence, Cenk Uygur, Drug Testing, The Progressive, Martha Kempner, LaShieka Purvis Hunter, South Dakota, Planned Parenthood, Alternet, Young Turks, Public Sector Workers, Rick Scott, Colorlines, Labor, Ellen LaConte, Fruit, Mother Jones, Matthew Rothschild, Mike Elk, Working in These Times, Gardening, Aids, Vegetable, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott plans to force public workers and welfare recipients to undergo...

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Weekly Diaspora: Big Business Dictates Immigration Policy--At Workers' Expense

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russell Pearce, Department of Homeland Security, Bracero, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Immigration, New America Media, Arizona, Utah, In These Times, Texas Observer, Guest Worker Program, Seiu, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona's business leaders, frustrated by the deep financial fallout of increasingly radical immigr...

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Weekly Diaspora: Arizona Pushing Undocumented to Surrounding States

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New America Media, Immigration, Economy, ARIZONA PLUS, Colorlines, Arizona, In These Times, Oklahoma, Campus Progress, Immigration Reform, Utah, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger A combination of stricter immigration enforcement and reduced economic opportunities in Arizona has...

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Weekly Audit: Standoff Continues in Wisconsin

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Degree, Washington Monthly, Chris Hayes, Jobs, Democrat, The Nation, Shani O. Hilton, YES! Magazine, Race, Wall Street Journal, Republican, Steve Benen, Colorlines, Unemployment, Senator, Wisconsin, College, Washington, Madison, Scott Walker, Black, Amy Dean, Union, Inequality, Quorum, Politics News
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Weekly Audit: Standoff Continues in WisconsinBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The 14 Democratic state senators who fled Wisconsin to th...

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Weekly Audit: Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Democracy Now!, Anonymous, David Koch, Collective Bargaining, Police, Civil Rights, Middle Class, Sanitation Worker, Ddos, Layoff, Kelda Helen Roys, Dc, Mother Jones, Matthew Rothschild, Scott Walker, Protest, Dues, Rally, Andy Kroll, Union, Quorum, Illinois, New York, Martin Luther King, Budget, Solidarity, The Progressive, George Warner, Care2, The Uptake, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Wisconsin, Madison, Amy Goodman, Jessica Pieklo, Jon Erpenbach, Senate, Economy, Indiana, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the...

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Weekly Diaspora: Sweeping AZ Immigration Bills Target Undocumented Children

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, SB 1611, Immigration, Undocumented Youth, SB 1309, LGBT Homeless, Arizona, Undocumented Students, Feet in 2 Worlds, Russell Pearce, Immigration Reform, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Homeless Youth, LGBT Immigrants, Homelessness, DREAM Act, New America Media, Birthright Citizenship Bill, Birthright Citizenship, Omnibus Immigration Bill, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Arizona state Senate moved forward with two controversial measures this week that threaten to m...

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Weekly Diaspora: Justice for Brisenia as Minutemen Leader Convicted of Murders

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Robert Krentz, Minutemen, Tom Horne, Feet in Two Worlds, Roger Barnett, Immigration, Arizona, Fair, Alternet, Tapped, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Anti-Latino Hate Crime, Jan Brewer, Shawna Forde, Nativist, New America Media, Raul Flores, Brisenia Flores, Hate Crime, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Days after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne filed suit against the federa...

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Weekly Diaspora: Why Sexual Violence Against Latina Farmworkers is a Hate Crime

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shenandoah, Immigration Reform, Luis, Colorlines, Minutemen, Shawna Forde, New America Media, change.org, Southern Poverty Law Center, Merced Farm Labor, Brisenia Flores, Fair, Hate Crimes, Maria Jimenez, Alternet, Farm Workers, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger This week, two high-profile trials involving the racially motivated murders of Latinos in Pennsylva...

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Weekly Diaspora: Why Arizona's Birthright Bill is Bad for the Economy

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Udall Center for Public Policy, Cuentame, Splc, Immigration, Hazleton, Southern Poverty Law Center, SLLI, Hate Crimes, Fair, Brave New Foundation, Center for American Progress, Immigration Reform, Anchor Baby, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Sb 1070, Brave New Films, State Legislators for Legal Immigration, New America Media, Brookings Institution, Anti-Choice, Birthright Citizenship, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Economy, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona lawmakers are expected to introduce an "anchor baby" bill today that would deny birthright ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Anti-Immigrant Hate Crimes Rise with Hateful Political Speech

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shenandoah, American Independent, Colorlines, Sb 1070, Public News Service, I-Word, change.org, Arizona, Somos Republicans, Hate Crimes, Rhetoric, Alternet, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The federal trial of three Pennsylvania police officers accused of covering up the murder of an und...

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Weekly Diaspora: Tucson Shooting Reshapes Explosive Immigration Debate

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform, Anthony Miller, Jared Lee Loughner, Tucson Shooting, John Roll, Feet in Two Worlds, Immigration, change.org, Somos Republicans, Care2, Fair, Alternet, Russell Pearce, Ethnic Studies, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Clarence Dupnik, Alto Arizona, New America Media, Gabrielle Giffords, Hb 2281, Tea Party, Birthright Citizenship, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Tucson shooting that left Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) critically wounded and 6 oth...

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Weekly Diaspora: In 2011, Birthright Citizenship in the Crosshairs

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican American Studies, The American Prospect, Tom Horne, Feet in Two Worlds, Obama, Apportionment, change.org, TUSD, 2010 Census, Colorlines, Ethnic Studies Ban, Jan Brewer, Sb 1070, New America Media, Birthright Citizenship, 14th Amendment, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Yesterday, a coalition of anti-immigrant lawmakers from 14 states unveiled their much-anticipated b...

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Weekly Diaspora: After DREAM Act Defeat, Advocates Fight for Educational Equality

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russell Pearce, Immigration Reform, Harry Reid, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Truthout, Mother Jones, DREAM Act, Public News Service, Tuition Equality, Obama, Media Consortium, Immigration, Arizona, Barack Obama, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Senate failed to pass the DREAM Act Saturday, as Democrats fell five votes short of the 60 need...

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Weekly Diaspora: Why We Need a Deportation Moratorium Now

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, The Texas Observer, Colorlines, Campus Progress, The Media Consortium, DREAM Act, Obama, Immigration, New America Media, Reeves County Detention Center, Jesus Manuel Galindo, Pecos Insurrection, Ice, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger As a floundering Congress repeatedly impedes the passage of widely supported immigration measures l...

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Weekly Diaspora: DREAM Act Passes the House, Heads to the Senate

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Harry Reid, Colorlines, Campus Progress, DREAM Act, Health Care Reform, Racewire, Obama, Immigration, New America Media, The Nation, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger A bill that would create a path to legalization for undocumented youth passed the House of Represen...

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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich Extended

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Congress, Social Security, Obama, Ui, Republican, Bush, Estate, Colorlines, White House, Tax, Unemployment Insurance, Tax Cut, Bank, Crisis, Payroll, In These Times, Economy, Politics News
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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich ExtendedBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger Congressional Republicans and the White House struck an ...

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Weekly Mulch: If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the U.S.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: cop16, Carbon Emissions, Cancun, Conference of Parties, United Nations, The Nation, Sea Level, Cop 15, Care2, Nigel Purvis, Colorlines, Copenhagen Accord, Mother Jones, Climate Change, Unfccc, Earth Island Journal, BP Oil Spill, Inter Press Service, Kyoto Protocol, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The most recent round of United Nations-led climate change negotiations began this week in Cancun, and alt...

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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
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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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Weekly Diaspora: Arizona's SB 1070 Takes Nativist Fever Nationwide

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russell Pearce, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Making Contact, Kris Kobach, Sb 1070, Racewire, change.org, Immigration, Migration Policy Institute, sb1070, National Radio Project, Fair, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger While Arizona's draconian anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, was far from the first controversial immigra...

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