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Civil Rights Coalition But Not Teachers' Unions Harp On Harkin's Education Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Help Committee, National Educaiton Association, Education News, Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Rand Paul, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Senate Hearings, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Education Trust, 112th Congress, La Raza, Tea Party, Education News

As Senators of the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee debated federal education policy at an abbreviated hearing Wednesday morning, two co...

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Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies and, Along With it, Reason and Justice

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethnic Studies, sb1070, Hb2281, Education, Arizona Politics, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, La Raza, Arizona Education Law, Education News

While much condemnation has rightly been expressed toward Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, a potentially more insidious measure, is set to take effect on January 1, 2011.

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Desperados! Now Arizona Lawmakers Want to Ban Cesar Chavez and Mexican American Studies in Schools?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Jan Brewer, Mexicans, Civil Rights, Xenophobia, Mexico, Schools, Arizona, Mexican Americans, La Raza, Anti-Immigration Legislation, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

Arizona state lawmakers reportedly approved a bill this week that would restrict "any courses or classes" that "are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group" or "advocate ethnic solidarity."

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Nation's Largest Hispanic Advocacy Group Opposes Reform As Is

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration Health Care Reform, Hispanic Caucus, Nclr Health Care, National Council of La Raza Health Care, Immigration Health Care, National Council of La Raza, Obama Health Care, Nclr, La Raza, Politics News

The nation's largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization has announced it will oppose the health care bill being considered by Congress un...

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How Do You Handle the Bigots in Your Family?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.17.2011

I have a racist in-law. But then again, who doesn't? I don't see a lot of this guy, because my wife only begrudgingly let him back into her life afte...

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Immigration Reform Activists' Plan To Boycott Census Takes Center Stage In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Census, Census Boycott, La Raza, National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Colorado, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Michelle Malkin, Denver News

As a proposed national Latino census boycott receives increased media attention, many Latino and immigrant organizations in Colorado say they're thank...

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Veteran Moulitsas Versus Tom Tancredo as Moral Tale

Beau Friedlander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, David Shuster, Politics, Veterans Administration, Progressives, Markos Moulitsas, La Raza, Crashing the Gate, Va, Health Care Reform, Immigration, Media, The Ed Show, Tom Tancredo, Daily Kos, Media News

You merely need to let Tancredo talk to defeat him in a debate. Why would you deride him for not serving his country because of depression, a debilitating illness that affects 8 to 12 percent of the population?

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NAACP And Civil Rights Groups Enter Health Care Debate (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Right Groups, Advertising, Health Care Reform, Lobbyblog, La Raza, Naacp, Video, Politics News

Civil rights groups are now stepping into the health care reform debate by launching a six-figure ad campaign, reports the Washington Post's Capital B...

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Is Now the Right Time for Immigration Reform? Chuck Schumer, the Sensenbrenner in Liberal's Clothes

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Detention, Biometric Identification, 2006 Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigration, Numbersusa, Jeff Sessions, Immigrants, Immigration, James Sensenbrenner, Jim Webb, Deportation, 2007 Immigration Bill, Obama Administration, Peter Schey, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, Tom Daschle, McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill, Racism, Visas, Earned Legalization, Undocumented-Immigrants, Legalization, Immigration Debate, 1986 Immigration Reform, John McCain, Alberto Gonzalez, Rush Limbaugh, Homeland Security, La Raza, Xenophobia, Amnesty, Lou Dobbs, E-Verify, Chuck Hagel, Jon Kyl, Ted Kennedy, John Cornyn, Immigration Reform, John Ashcroft, Rahm Emanuel, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2005 Sensenbrenner Bill, Lulac, Organized Labor, Broken Borders, Chuck Schumer, Mexican Immigration, Torture, National Identification Card, Politics News

The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.

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Obama Keeps Tough Immigration Policies Despite Promise To Break From Bush

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: E-Verify, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Obama Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Hispanics, La Raza, John McCain, Politics News

After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is...

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Bob Menendez's Daughter: GOP Doesn't Care About Latinos

The Stimulist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Republican Party, Gop, Soni Sotomayor, Latino Voters, Michael Steele, National Council of La Raza, La Raza, Tim Kaine, Politics News

The GOP just doesn't get it. Despite Latinos' 2008 electoral turnout, despite their pivotal role in handing the Democrats this whopping majority, Rep...

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination: Obama Gives the Nation Another Teaching Moment

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Latina, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzalez, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, President Obama and Judge Sotomayor, Kkk, La Raza, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mike Allen, " Immigration, The Minutemen, Judge Sotomayor, Lou Dobbs, G. Gordon Liddy, Newt Gingrich, Glen Beck, Jonathan Martin, Clarence Thomas, Tom Tancredo, Dolores Huerta, Cnn, "Racism, Latino, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Mark Krikorian, Latino Vote, David Duke, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Politics News

One thing is clear: President Obama's choice of a Latina woman has sparked the ugliest reaction from the Republican Right we've seen years.

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Director Of Tancredo's Anti-Immigrant Group Assaulted African-American Woman

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor Racism, La Raza, Supreme Court, Anti-Immigrant-Groups, Tom Tancredo, Sonia Sotomayor, Pac, Politics News

Yesterday, former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo attacked Judge Sonia Sotomayor for being a member of the National Council of La Raza, absurdly likening t...

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Tancredo Claims Sotomayor In "Latino KKK" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Tom Tancredo, La Raza, Ed Schultz MSNBC, Sonia Sotomayor, Video, Politics News

Tom Tancredo, the former Colorado congressman and radical anti-immigration activist, stepped up his attacks on judge Sonia Sotomayor Thursday. Appeari...

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McCain's Troubled Crossing

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Latino Voters, Obama Border Security, Obama La Raza, Obama Mccain La Raza, Obama Mccain Latino Voters, Mccain Border Security, Mccain Senato Mccain, Mccain La Raza San Diego, Mccain Secure Borders, Obama Mccain Hispanic Voters, La Raza, Mccain La Raza, Obama Amnesty, Home News

In the wake of Hillary's loss, McCain has an opening with Hispanic voters, but his inability to reach through to exploit it is the real story of La Raza San Diego.

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