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by Julianne Hing
May 12, 2010
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It's crazy times in Arizona, and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is going to make sure that no one forgets that. Yesterday, Brewer signed HB 2281 into law, a bill that prohibits schools from teaching classes designed to teach students of... |
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by Daisy Hernandez
May 11, 2010
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With the health care win behind them, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest growing union in the country, is now turning its sights on immigration, according to The Ballot Box, one of The Hill's blogs. Javier Morillo, SEIU's... |
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by Seth Freed Wessler
May 11, 2010
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A day after Attorney General Eric Holder said he's working to amend the Miranda law for terrorism suspects, Obama's chief political adviser, David Axelrod, told CNN that the president is “open to looking at” a change to the rule. The... |
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by Jorge Rivas
May 11, 2010
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Last Thursday the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States, announced plans to boycott the state of Arizona. The campaign calls groups (including churches and corporations) and "ordinary citizens" across the... |
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by Kai Wright
May 11, 2010
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President Obama's strategy for combatting drug use and trade is out, and it's getting a welcome, if cautious, reception from reformers. As AlterNet's Phillip Smith wrote yesterday, "While still heavy on the law enforcement side, the first Obama national drug... |
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by Julianne Hing
May 11, 2010
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Gulf Coast fishermen won a temporary restraining order in federal court yesterday against BP which will require the company to take responsibility for any chemical exposure fishermen face. Many out-of-work fishermen have signed up to help BP with the... |
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by Jorge Rivas
May 10, 2010
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The Facebook fan page "Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!," which was launched in December 2009, garnered more than 500,000 fans. Its goal, to pressure Saturday Night Live producers to let Golden Girls star Betty White host the show, became... |
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by Kai Wright
May 10, 2010
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A freelance photographer's video of Seattle police kicking a suspect in the head while hurling racial slurs surfaced last week, and is quickly drawing national attention. The video, shot on April 17, is certainly shocking. A group of officers from... |
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by Jorge Rivas
May 10, 2010
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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, the first Black actress to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio (MGM, in 1942) and the first Black actress to be popularly accepted in roles that were as glamorous as any offered to... |
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by Kai Wright
May 10, 2010
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's going all-in on making her name synonymous with SB 1070. This weekend, she shot back at President Obama's opposition to the law with a new campaign ad. The ad's a pretty bleak affair. It first rattles... |
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ARC releases two *new* Green Case Studies that profile winning formulas…
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Released April 2009. Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare endanger…
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Longtime civil rights advocate and litigator Michelle Alexander has come out with her first book,…
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