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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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ColorLines
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May 10, 2010
What the state's new immigration law teaches us about the dissembling language of bias in the 21st century.
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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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RaceWire Blog
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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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