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Breaking: Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: 2010 Census, Harry Reid, Immigration, Latino Politics, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Denver News
Mario Solis-Marich

Today at a press tele-conference with Latino members of the press Senate Majority Leader Reid stated that he was keeping the anti-immigrant Vitter amendment from the floor of the Senate.

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BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Dobbs, Latinos, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Latino in America, www.bastadobbs.com, Media, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Jon Klein CNN, Latino Politics, presente.org, Roberto Lovato and Lou Dobbs, Media News
Roberto Lovato

As we made our case today at CNN's headquarters for Lou Dobbs to be fired, the producers of Dobbs' show emailed me with an invitation to appear on tonight's show. Here's my response.

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CNN, You Can't Have It Both Ways: It's Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Latino Politics, Minutemen, Immigration, www.bastadobbs.com, Jon Klein CNN, presente.org, Roberto-Lovato-and-Lou-Dobbs, Immigration Reform, Latino in America, You Can't Have It Both Ways CNN Video, Fair, Hate Crimes, Lou Dobbs, Rick Sanchez, Arturo Perez, Media Matters, Soledad O'Brien, Cnn, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Hate Speech, Media News
Roberto Lovato

A few hours of serious reporting on Latinos by sunny Soledad O'Brien can't make up for thousands of hours of anti-Latino extremism from the dark Lou Dobbs.

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This is About CNN: Anti-Dobbs Movement Not Just Targeting Dobbs

Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs and Southern Poverty Law Center, Latino Politics, First Amendment and Lou Dobbs, Minutemen, Lou Dobbs and Media Matters, Lou Dobbs and Latinos, Lou Dobbs and Fair, Cnn and Hate Speech, Cnn and Racism, Lou Dobbs and Hate Crimes, Latinos and Media, Immigration, Roberto Lovato and Lou Dobbs, Media News, Lou Dobbs and Hate Speech, www.bastadobbs.com, Cnn an Anti-Latino Racism, Jon Klein CNN, Lou Dobbs and Federation for America Immigration Reform, presente.org, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Lou Dobbs and Most Dangerous Man for Latinos in America, Jon Klein and Latinos, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Rick Sanchez and Lou Dobbs, Cnn and Latinos, Media News
Roberto Lovato

Countless journalists have produced reports documenting the falsehoods and fakery that pass for "news" on Dobbs' show. Yet, all we get from Dobbs are half-hearted apologies, lame excuses and more of the same.

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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As Movement Demanding CNN Dump Him Grows, Dobbs Plays Victim

Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs and Southern Poverty Law Center, Latino Politics, Rick Sanchez and Lou Dobbs, Minutemen, Lou Dobbs and Media Matters, Lou Dobbs and Latinos, Lou Dobbs and Fair, Cnn and Hate Speech, Cnn and Racism, Lou Dobbs and Hate Crimes, Latinos and Media, Immigration, Media News, Lou Dobbs and Hate Speech, Cnn an Anti-Latino Racism, Jon Klein CNN, Lou Dobbs and Federation for America Immigration Reform, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Lou Dobbs and Most Dangerous Man for Latinos in America, Jon Klein and Latinos, Lou Dobbs Immigration, presente.org, www.bastadobbs.com, Roberto Lovato and Lou Dobbs, First Amendment and Lou Dobbs, Cnn and Latinos, Media News
Roberto Lovato

Faced with a growing movement of communities demanding that CNN drop his program, Lou Dobbs responded Friday with one of his favorite postures: the victimized defender of American virtue.

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Latinos to CNN: Dump Dobbs Now

Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs and Hate Speech, Jon Klein and Latinos, Lou Dobbs and Latinos, Lou Dobbs and Federation for America Immigration Reform, Cnn an Anti-Latino Racism, Lou Dobbs and Media Matters, Lou Dobbs and Southern Poverty Law Center, Lou Dobbs and Most Dangerous Man for Latinos in America, Lou Dobbs and Joe Arpaio, Cnn and Hate Speech, Cnn and Latinos, Latinos and Media, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Lou Dobbs and Hate Crimes, Jon Klein CNN, Lou Dobbs and Fair, Latino Politics, Cnn and Racism, Minutemen, Immigration, Media News
Roberto Lovato

Latinos are increasingly making the connection between racism in the media and discrimination in their hometowns and concluding that Lou Dobbs is the most dangerous man for Latinos in America.

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Remembering the Rock: How Senator Kennedy Helped 200,000 People Fall in Love

Frank Sharry | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Breaking Politics News, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dead, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Thanks to Kennedy, passage of comprehensive immigration reform is no longer a matter of if but of when.

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Snakes On the Plane: Lieberman and Nelson Attack Latinos

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Latino Politics, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

As racist as Buchanan and Sessions have shown themselves to be, Lieberman and his fellow snakes are presenting as great a danger to Latino families as they are.

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Wise Women Unite! What Sotomayor Should Have Said

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Racial Politics, Latinos, Women's Rights, Women, Senator Leahy, Latino Politics, Senator Sessions, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Administration, Race, White Men, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

Racial and ethnic minorities and women are the only groups asked to check their identity at the door. It is assumed that once given access to power, they will try to funnel those resources to their own kind.

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When Did Newt and the Gang Become Experts on Race? Playing the Race Card Against Sotomayor

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sotomayor Racism, Latinos, Supreme Court, Latino Politics, Rnc, Affirmative Action, Race Relations, Sonia Sotomayor, Women and Politics, Michael Steele, Racism, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

According to the new definition of racism -- let's call it neo-racism -- anyone who believes we have not achieved racial equality can be considered a racist.

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Despite Sotomayor Nomination, Latino Academic Gap Still Huge

Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Latinos, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Latinas, Latino Education Gap, Latino Politics, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Obama Sotomayor, Advocacy, Latino Education, Barack Obama, High School Drop Outs, Education, World News
Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco

Latinos have the highest high school dropout rates and the lowest college attendance rates of all racial/ethnic groups, making Judge Sotomayor's biography all the more inspiring.

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The Obama Shake-Up Continues: Pleitez Runs for Congress

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

Emanuel Pleitez, 26 years old, is making a major league play for the seat once held by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Don't let his age fool you -- Pleitez is formidable.

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The Great Latino Wake

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach California, Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Roberto Garcia, Denver Colorado, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

All over the country I have been hearing from and about young Latina/o Democratic and independent candidates who are readying themselves for upcoming election cycles.

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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Latino Scamble on Change Street

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilda Solis, Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Loretta Sanchez, Xavier Becerra, Obama Transition, Congressman Joe Baca, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus last night considered endorsing a Vice Chair candidate to replace Congressman Xavier Becerra should he become the next US Trade Representative.

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Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Kkk, Jordan Gruver, Lawsuits, Hispanics, Race, Ku Klux Klan Recruit, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Kentucky, E-Mail, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Bankrupt, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Klansmen, Gruver, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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John McCain: Citizen of the US?

Gautam Dutta | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Barack Obama 2008, John McCain, Latino Politics, Obama McCain, Asian Americans, Barack Obama Asians, McCain Eligibility, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Natural Born Citizen, McCain Birthplace Eligibility, Immigration Policy, Diversity, Politics News
Gautam Dutta

The Constitution must be amended so that all naturalized citizens (including McCain) can also seek the White House.

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McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico

Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS, McCain and Latin America, U.S. Latin America Policy, McCain and Colombia, John McCain, Immigration, Global Migration, Elections, Colombia Hostages and McCain, Obama, Mccain, Central America, Latino Vote, Obama and Latin America, Barack Obama, Economics, National Security, Obama and Colombia, Latino Politics, Posted in BORDER ISSUES, Repression in Latin America, Obama and Mexico, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

McCain and Obama's failure to denounce the atrocities committed by the governments of Colombia and Mexico may signal that neither will be the "change" candidate when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America.

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head: The Politicization of Voting Rights (Part I)

Shahid Buttar | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Race in Politics, Latino Politics, Voting Rights, Rule of Law, DC Voting Rights, Voter ID Laws, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Proportional Representation, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Today, as the nation prepares to rid itself of the presidential yoke imposed seven years ago by the Supreme Court, the Court continues to engage in partisan judicial activism.

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