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“Progressives” For Immigration Reform’s Head Heavily Involved with Myriad Conservative Groups 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Since the spring, the anti-immigrant movement has actively worked to influence national immigration policy as the reform debate has moved from the Senate to the House. Curiously, one organization with...
Religious Communities Lend Support to Immigration Reform 26 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
Catholic, Evangelical and Jewish clergy and leadership are making the most of the August congressional recess by investing resources into the fight for fair, just immigration reform with a path to cit...
Images from the Marches on Washington 25 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Five decades after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington, thousands marched again. Here are some of our favorite images then and now. Se...
Islamophobic Group Introduces New Initiative To Monitor Pro-Palestine Student Activists 25 Aug 2013 | 11:50 am
By Nashiha Alam Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, a group notorious for attracting Islamophobic funders, has recently launched a new project to monitor pro-Palestine activists. Alex Joffe, a fell...
Back to School: Demolition and Displacement for Students of Color 23 Aug 2013 | 09:28 pm
Last week, a small library and community center in a Mexican American neighborhood in Chicago was bulldozed, sparking outrage and attracting national media attention. At first glance, the building –...
NC GOP Lawmakers Eagerly Work to Disenfranchise Blacks & Students Under New Voter Suppression Laws 22 Aug 2013 | 03:49 pm
”This is just damn stupid.” ‘Stupid’ voter suppression laws prove the need for the Voting Rights Act. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Republican law...
CROSS-POST: Immigration Reformers Are Winning August 21 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
By Molly Ball for The Atlantic | Originally posted on August 21, 2013 Activists opposed to immigration reform were all set to spend this month putting pressure on lawmakers to kill the legislation. Bu...
NumbersUSA Video with Brigitte Gabriel Reveals Years-Long Relationship Between Modern-Day Islamophobia & Anti-Immigrant Movements 20 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
For several years, NumbersUSA hosted an eleven part video series called The Promise of Home on its website. The series was produced by Ron Maxwell and featured interviews with many notable members of ...
ICE Officials Raid Phoenix-Area Car Wash Chain 20 Aug 2013 | 02:20 am
Over the weekend, federal agents stormed more than a dozen car wash locations of Danny’s Car Wash throughout the Phoenix, AZ-area, causing chaos and distress for undocumented residents and their famil...
David Horowitz to Speak at Conservative Group’s “Defending the American Dream” Summit 16 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
Americans for Prosperity Foundation announced Monday that David Horowitz will be speaking at its 7th Annual “Defending the American Dream” Summit this Labor Day weekend. “I’m very excited to announce...
