Category Archives: In Your State

1 Aug

Arizona: Why The Nazi Comparisons

Arizona's controversial immigration has raise some questions of its ties to neo-Nazis in America and whether or not it's appropriate to compare the law to Nazi Germany. Are we being too tolerant of...
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20 Jun

Gulf: Almighty Profit & Oil Industry’s Greed

Instead of raiding Latinos and other immigrants, we need to ensure that all oil spill cleanup workers and volunteers are protected. We need to make sure the cleanup efforts have the proper expertise and leadership behind them. We...
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8 Jun

Two Latino Men Murdered in Arizona

More disturbing proof that anti-immigrant rhetoric is resulting in more murders of Latinos. Last weekend, two Latino men were murdered on the Arizona border, coincedentally a day after a pro-SB 1070 "Phoenix Rising" rally where speakers incited audience members...
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12 May

Meg Whitman: The Next Pete Wilson?

On the race for California’s next governor, Project Economic Refugee previously exposed Steve Poizner for all his poisonous rhetorical attacks on immigrants, economic refugees, and by extension on Latinos and other minorities. Meanwhile, Meg Whitman, his opponent in the Republican...
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10 May

Healthy Neighborhood, Healthy Environment in South L.A.

I have been working for the past two years as a community organizer in South Los Angeles with four different community groups.  Last April 28 2010, I hosted an Open House to feature these community groups’ grassroots greening projects. Here...
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4 May

Sarah Palin Supports AZ Big Government Authoritarian Police Law

She’s claimed that she is against and offended by sexism (she did this specially during her tiff with David Letterman) but yet she remained utterly and suspiciously silent as the right-wing ravaged Sonia Sotomayor with sexist and racist attacks during her...
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