Reg825 | Project Economic Refugee

16 Mar

Legislative Session: Early Hurricane Season

The Florida legislative session has just begun, and already twelve anti-immigrant bills have been filed, including copycat legislation based on Arizona's controversial racial profiling bill, SB 1070. Thus far all of them have been filed by the the Republican leadership...
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1 Mar

The psycho-emotional impacts of immigration on our children

Interview with the author of the new book, "Listen to the Children: Conversations with Immigrant...
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26 Feb

Todos Somos Wisconsin: Mexican Labor Reform

Explanation of why the labor fight in Wisconsin is a sympton of an international strategy to eradicate unions and the effects that it will have on transnational...
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24 Feb

From Wisconsin to Arizona: an Assault on American Freedom

Connecting the dots of what Arizona, Wisconsin, immigrants, and the Middle East protests have in common against corporate...
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16 Feb

Young Online Organizers Are Accelerating Freedom & Justice So Why Suppress It?

Conversation on how the role of online community organizers in Egypt is similar to what is going on here in the United States with Latino promigrant bloggers pushing stories that advocate for justice and social...
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13 Feb

Can you help bring Project Economic Refugee to your neighborhood?

Every little bit of support helps! Back in October, Project Economic Refugee asked its readers to give their input in regards to what they like, don’t like, and suggestions on where the project should go next.Â Here are aÂ fewÂ key results:...
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7 Feb

Keith Olbermann to Join CurrentTV as Host and Chief News Officer

Might Keith Olbermann joining CurrentTV represent an opportunity for that channel to go back to Al Gore's original vision of creating a liberal cable news...
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3 Feb

Did Wall Street Have a Hand in Egypt’s Unrest?

Comparing social unrest in Egypt due in part to wheat crisis to Mexico's own experience with corn under...
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25 Jan

A Good Follow Up to SOTU Address Would Be Moratorium on Deportation of DREAM’ers

In a surprise mention during the State of the Union Address 2011, President Obama alluded to the DREAM Act and urged Congress to fix our immigration systemÂ to stop the deportation ofÂ our youth, who, having grown up here their entire lives,Â by...
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21 Jan

Stop the Hate Rhetoric; Stop the Violence

Freedom of speech empowers us all.Â But let us not forget that with power, comes great responsibility and we can use that power of speech to either heal each other or we can use itÂ to destroy ourselves.Â It’s our choice.Â ...
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