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30 Mar

Diego Luna’s Cesar Chavez: Not a History Lesson?

It's important that films made by Latinos like Cesar Chavez get strong sales. But should we be absurdly safe at the cost of setting a dangerous precedent of airbrushing Latino...
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3 Jul

Culture Change – How We Can Move Beyond the Immigration Reform Bill

The immigration reform fight is about to get real ugly in the House of Representatives and failure is simply not an option. But how can we set up the dynamics so that no matter what happens, the immigrant rights community...
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25 Apr

Beyond Environmental Justice â€“ Immigration Reform

The Sierra Club and the environmental movement dig into its â€˜immigrant rootsâ€™ in new support for immigration...
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21 Oct

HuffPost Live Takes On the “Illegal” Word

Jose Antonio Vargas wants media outlets like the New York Times and the Associated Press to stop using "illegal" for undocumented immigrants. And he's...
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15 Sep

MoveOn Urges CA Governor Brown to Sign TRUST Act

MoveOn.org comes full circle - comes out in support of California's promigrant TRUST...
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30 Aug

The New Authoritarian Repressive Suit: Paul Ryan

If the image of 'authoritarian repressive uniform' floats in your head whenever you see Paul Ryan's seductive smile, you are not alone. ...
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15 Jun

Government to Stop Deportation of DREAM’ers

On announcement of President Obama's on stopping deportation of DREAM'ers, immigrants wonder if this will be for real this...
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10 Jun

2nd Mexican Presidential Debate Ignores Televisa Scandal

Ahead of the July 1 Presidential election in Mexico, the "Mexican Spring" movement continues to have ripple...
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6 Jun

New Polls Show Enrique PeÃ±a Nieto Collapsing From 1st to 3rd Place

PRI candidate Enrique PeÃ±a Nieto continues in third place in latest polls leading up to Mexico's July's election for President....
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28 May

New Organizing Institute on Immigrant Equality

New Organizing Institute's groundbreaking lead on capacity development on immigration issues should be the example to follow by other progressive organizations....
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