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Immigration, Deportation and States' Rights: What Martha Taught Me

Rep. Luis Gutierrez | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

Read More: Detention, Alabama, Congress, Immigration, Immigrants, Arizona, Deportation, South Carolina, Immigrant, Deport, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Papers Please Arizona, Papers Please, Politics News
Rep. Luis Gutierrez

I am proud to live in a country where the rule of law and federal immigration preeminence enshrined in the constitution are tools to undo what legislatures in Alabama, South Carolina, and elsewhere have tried to do when politicizing and polarizing the immigration issue.

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

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.13.2011 | Media

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
Jeff Biggers

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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Why I Can't Write Like A White Guy

Jaswinder Bolina | Posted 01.18.2012 | Books

Read More: Literature, Politics, Racism, Name, Writing, Writer, Color, Immigration, Immigrant, Race, Assimilation, Poetry, Dominant Culture, Books News
Jaswinder Bolina

My father says I should use a pseudonym. "They won't publish you if they see your name. They'll know you're not one of them. They'll know you're one of us."

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New Arizona Recall Scandal: Did Tea Party President Pearce Plagiarize (Again) for "White Nationalist" Press?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.24.2011 | Politics

Read More: Social Contract Press, President Obama. Sb 1070, Sylvia Allen, Jan Brewer, Arizona, Recall, Immigrant, White Nationalists, Tea Party, Russell Pearce, Immigration Reform, Mexico, Border Security, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

While both email and article conclude that "freedom is not free," cutting and pasting text from fellow Tea Party legislators is certainly cheap.

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Man Sued After Creating Fake Government Agency, Stealing From Immigrants In Need

Posted 11.22.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Immigration Fraud, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Better Business Bureau, Fraud, Attorney General's Office, Vytautas Lekarauskas, Immigrant, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit Thursday against a Chicago man who allegedly preyed upon immigrants, posing as an official government agency ...

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Sex Trafficking Trial Ends When Witness Recognizes Attorney As Former Client

Posted 10.30.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Masseuse, Douglas Rathe, Mistrial, Sex Trafficking, Liudmyla ?€œLiuda? Ksenych, Immigration, Alex "Daddy" Campbell, Immigrant, Massage Parlor, Judge Robert Gettleman, Chicago News

A federal sex-trafficking case was declared a mistrial last week when a masseuse testifying against an allegedly exploitative massage parlor recognize...

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How Will Personal-Feedback Loops Affect the Hispanic Population?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.20.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Latinos, Latino, Gottafeeling, Personal-Feedback Loop, Ethnicity, English, Cultural Feedback, Alicia Morga, Smart Phones, Hispanic, Spanish, Social Network, Immigration, Entrepreneurs, Northwestern University, Hispanics, Refleta, Race, Angelica Perez-Litwin, Educational Achievement, Feedback Loops, Voter Registration, U.S. Census, iPhone App, Immigrant, Technology, Ethnic Group, Prenatal Care, Latino Voices News
Daniel Cubias

Could a personal-feedback loop help recent immigrants learn English more quickly? Might the idea be applied to concepts like voter registration or proper prenatal care, both of which are issues within the Latino population?

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The Chilling Effect

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 09.28.2011 | Women

Read More: Sexual Violence, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Rape, Sofitel, Rape Victim Blaming, Cy Vance, Immigrant, Shield-Laws, Nafissatou Diallo, Dsk, Naffisatou, Women News
Taina Bien-Aime

At the heels of the NYPD rape case that shockingly led to an acquittal, there could be yet another chilling effect on reporting sex crimes if the DSK case is dismissed.

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Why Did The Washington Post Pass On Vargas Story?

Posted 08.24.2011 | Media

Read More: Jose Antonio Vargas Illegal Immigrant, Washington Post, Vargas, Immigrant, Jose Antonio Vargas, Undocumented Immigrant, Video, Media News

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Student Journalists Guarded Jose Antonio Vargas' Secret

Mountain View, CA Patch | Posted 08.23.2011 | Media

Read More: Jose Vargas, Secret, Student Journalists, Oracle, Journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas, Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Students, Journalism, Media News

When Jose Antonio Vargas told the Oracle editorial staff his immigration status, silence fell upon the room....

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Friday Talking Points [169] -- Weiner Roast

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: First Amendment, Debate, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, War on Dancing, Leon Panetta, Drugs, DC Madam, Immigration, Obama, Democratic, Vitter, Sarah Palin, Gingrich, California, Republican, Green Card, Huckabee, Midotw, Mutant Earless Bunny, Park Police, John Edwards, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Moveon, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Helicopter, Trump, Anthony Weiner, Chris Christie, Lottery, Baseball, Panetta, House, Budget, Paul Revere, Alabama, Democrat, Congress, War on Drugs, Newt Gingrich, Rockettes, Prostitutes, Democrats, Barack Obama, George Shultz, Constitution, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Palin, Jefferson Memorial, Weiner, Little League, Immigrant, Friday Talking Points, Emails, Wiener, New Jersey One, David Vitter, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Having just gotten back from a trip abroad where the news was dominated by the story of a politician facing severe consequences for his sexual misconduct, I opened up the pages of the American news to find... well, pretty much the same thing.

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Chipotle Firings: One Story of a Broken Immigration System

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.19.2011 | Politics

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Jim Wallis, National Debate, Journey to America, Border Town, Immigration System, Immigration, Immigrants, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Prayer Breakfast, Business, Audio Interview, Prayer, Movement, Immigration Status, Hispanic Brothers, America, Immigrant, Government, Hope, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Communities and Families, Enforcement Policies, Security, Faith, Brothers and Sisters, Illinois, Hispanic, California, Politics, Education, Workers, Men, Community, Employee, Families, Barack Obama, Immigrant Advocates, Georgia, Reflection, Immigration Legislation, Cross, Undocumented Immigrant, Undocumented, Marcus Hummon, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While the broken state of our immigration system, and its desperate need for reform, might not be a part of your daily life, there are many for whom it is. It's time we all start following this story.

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Weekly Pulse: New Anti-Choice Bill Suggests More #DearJohn Letters Needed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Gop, Socialized Medicine, Vietnamese, Choice, Hmo, #DearJohn, CAROL JOFFE, NAIL SALON, Grittv, SOLVENT, Toxin, National Radio Project, SIMEON TALLEY, Rape, SADY DOYLE, Pregnancy, hr3, California, Epidemiology, Insurance, Cancer, Campus Progress, Laura Flanders, Mandate, RH Reality Check, Health, Women, Brie Cadman, Abortion, Forcible Rape, NOREEN EVANS, Republican, change.org, Immigrant, TIGERBEATDOWN, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Health advocate Eesha Pandit and blogger Sady Doyle join GRITtv host Laura Flanders for a discussion...

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Are Chinese Mothers Superior? You Can Decide for Yourself

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Child Prodigies, Good Parenting, Memoirs, Parenting Tips, Asian-Prodigies, Ethnicity, Books, Asian Americans, Immigrants, Parenting, Chinese Mothers, Mothers, Non-Fiction Books, Amy Chua Wall Street Journal, Mothers and Daughters, Amy Chua Chinese Mothers, Parenting Help, Parenting Styles, Amy Chua, Immigrant, Asian Prodigies, Parenting Advice, Parents, Books News
Disgrasian

Basically Amy Chua wrote the book we didn't. Which means my own Tiger Mother was right: my laziness was going to be my "downfall" one day.

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The F Word: Leaving the People Out of the Debate

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: F Word, Poverty, Budget, Workers, Jobs, Obama, Immigration, Media, Edrie Irvine, Tv, Grit Tv, Arpaio, Fair, The F Word, Television, Unemployed, Unemployment, Laura Flanders, Spending, Grittv, Immigrant, News, Republicans, Politics News
Laura Flanders

It's not just the unemployed we don't tend to see on U.S. TV. Take public workers. They're in the news every day, but it's not actually them. It's people talking about them.

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Census Bureau Survey Draws Attention to Need for More Proactive Multicultural Approach

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: French, Washington, West Coast, Immigration, Thailand, Arabic, Denver, Farsi, Limited English Proficient, Chicago, American Community Survey, East Coast, u.s. Census Bureau, Korean, Swahili, Hispanic, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Newborns, East Africa, Survey, Languages, Syracuse, Interpretation, Mandarin, Language, Burma, Lep, Legal Immigration, Immigrant, Census Bureau, D.C., Northern Virginia, Oromo, Amharic, Cantonese, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

The release this past week of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) makes it clear that America's ethnic makeup is changing much quicker...

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You Say Tomato, I Say Raw Deal!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Food

Read More: Farm Workers, Immokalee-Florida, Whole Foods, Burger King, Labor, Migrant-Agricultural-Workers, Tomatoes, McDonalds Food, Immigration Reform, Immigrant Rights, Migrant Workers, Immigration, Immigrant, Workers Rights, Food News
Frances Moore Lappe

2010-10-12-tomatoes.jpgTo get the minimum wage, a tomato worker has to pick more than 2.25 tons of tomatoes during a day that begins before dawn and lasts 10-12 hours.

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PHOTOS: A Walk in San Francisco's Chinatown

Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Immigrant, Chinatown, Slidepollajax, San Francisco, China, California, Travel News

The first Chinese immigrants arrived in San Francisco in the 1850s. Many came to escape China's uncertain economic conditions, attracted by the Gold ...

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Glenn Beck, Immigration, and Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Public Dialogue, Social Justice, Reasonable Suspicion, Vulnerable Families, Apartheid South Africa, Immigration System, Immigration, Radio Show, Arizona, Brown Skin, Immigrant, Conservative, Government, Apartheid, Illegal, Illegal Aliens, Christ, Liberals, Enforcement, Undocumented Workers, Biblical Justice, Hispanic, Undocumented Worker, Public Conversation, Germany, Crime, Workers, Clergy, Biblical, Papers, Nazi Germany, Racial Profiling, Liberal, Proof, Gospel, Undocumented Immigrant, Fox, Glenn Beck, Nazi, Law Enforcement, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Beck promised on his radio show that "the hammer" would be coming down on me, and that he would devote a week of his TV show to bringing me down. I took that as a "no" to dialogue, but I've decided to go ahead without him.

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A Woman Without a Country

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Immigration, Arizona Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigrant Experience, Papers Please Arizona, Immigrant, Healthy Living News
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

If I were to drive my Prius into Arizona, I expect that the state troopers would probably wave me on with a smile, perhaps allowing themselves a chuckle about those "green" Californians.

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The F Word: Equal Obliviousness, Not Equal Rights

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Women, F Word, Economic Crisis, Economy, Recession, Jobs, Immigration, Grit Tv, Race, Feminism, The F Word, He-Cession, Unemployment, Laura Flanders, Prison, Daisy Hernandez, Hanna Rosin, Racism, Grittv, Immigrant, Politics News
Laura Flanders

The Atlantic published one of many recent articles about the "he-cession" or the "decline of men," wondering what it means that women are now the majo...

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Non-English Speakers Struggle To Get Up To Speed As States Try To Keep Them Off Roads

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Dmv, License Test, Language, Immigrant, Driver's License, Non-English Speaker, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

Nine states currently offer an English-only written driver's license test and at least three others - Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee - are actively p...

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Finally, a YA Novel About the American Muslim Experience

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Immigrant, Islam, American Muslims, Muslims, Chicago, Young Adult, Fiction, Indian, South Asian, Books News
Naazish YarKhan

Neither This Nor That enters the young adult literature market, bringing to light difficulties that American Muslim youth and children of immigrants face acclimating to life in the U.S.

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Study: On Path to "Assimilation," Latino Immigrants Cross the Colorline

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Immigration Reform, Segregation, Immigration, Identity, Immigrant, Mexican, sb1070, Politics News
Michelle Chen

Institutional racism appears to be breaking up the Latino community along color lines in a new twist on the old story of "passing."

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Glenn Beck Believes Gay Handicapped Black Female Immigrant Will Be Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Left, Supreme Court, Disabled, White House, Woman, Obama, Gay, Democrats, Civil Rights, Handicapped, John Paul Stevens, Gay Rights, Radio, Right, Fox News, Black, Glenn Beck, Immigrant, Elena Kagan, Republicans, Minorities, Media News

Glenn Beck prepared his listeners Friday for a "radical" Supreme Court nominee after news broke that Justice John Paul Stevens would retire at the end...

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