Archive for the ‘Fighting Hate’ Category
The NAACP exposes the Tea Party’s ties to anti-immigrant extremism
Posted: October 21, 2010 at 8:21 am By Rachel LaBruyereToday, the NAACP released the “Tea Party Nationalism” report that documents the party’s close ties with groups espousing white supremacy, islamophobia, anti-semitism and, of course, anti-immigrant fervor (because what would extremism be without it). The report examines the 6 core groups of the tea party. From the obsession over President Obama’s birth certificate, to the [...]
But of COURSE it’s not racist.
Posted: October 19, 2010 at 6:25 pm By admin(Image from Reuters.) When a politician is saying something isn’t about race at all in the slightest, perish the thought, in the first sentence of the story, you know something’s up: Florida state Rep. William Snyder, the slow-drawling ex-Miami-Dade Police officer who has drafted Tallahassee’s version of the hotly debated Arizona immigration bill, is [...]
Jury Rules Immigrant’s Murder a Hate Crime, Even as Vicious Ads Continue to Stoke Racial Tensions
Posted: October 15, 2010 at 1:50 pm By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted on the America’s Voice blog. While the mainstream media has been largely absent, Latina Lista has been busy covering the dramatic trial of the two men charged with thehate crime killing of immigrant Luis Ramirez in Shenandoah, Pa. It turns out the 2008 murder was, indeed, a hate crime. A federal grand jury has convicted [...]
Lou Dobbs’ war on immigrants: The Hypocrisy Runs Deep
Posted: October 7, 2010 at 9:15 am By Rachel LaBruyereThis time last year, Lou Dobbs was only days away from being dropped by his then employer, CNN. After years spent waging war on undocumented immigrants from behind his news desk, Dobbs’ platform was pulled out from under him when groups like Basta Dobbs and Drop Dobbs pressured the network to fire the news anchor [...]
What does the “Ground Zero mosque” have to do with immigration reform?
Posted: August 20, 2010 at 10:22 am By adminEverything. When the rights of one group are conveniently ignored for political gain, everyone suffers. You don’t have to be Muslim to be offended by the right wing reaction to the proposed community center 2 blocks north of the former site of the World Trade Center. If we stand by and allow Newt Gingrich to [...]
Citizenship Down! Colbert on the 14th amendment
Posted: August 11, 2010 at 11:10 am By Rachel LaBruyereThe Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Citizenship Down – Akhil Amar www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News Stephen Colbert helps make it clear why repealing 14th amendment has become the latest anti-immigrant pet project. Because, clearly, changing the constitution – the foundational document of our freedoms and rights, considered [...]
Lady Gaga to Jan Brewer: I will yell and I will scream
Posted: August 2, 2010 at 5:26 pm By LloydResisting pressure from fans to boycott her recent concert in Phoenix, Arizona, Lady Gaga took to the stage Sunday night with a message for Governor Jan Brewer and supporters of Arizona’s racial profiling law — “I’ll tell you what we have to do about SB-1070. We have to be active. We have to actively protest. [...]
WATCH: “Steve King’s Sixth Sense” – New Immigrant Horror Flick
Posted: June 18, 2010 at 3:45 pm By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted on the America’s Voice blog. Representatives Steve King (R-IA) and Brian Bilbray (R-CA) have staked out roles as two of the most vehement and controversial anti-immigrant mouthpieces in Congress. Recently, they have offered their collective expertise to Arizona law enforcement, who have spoken out strongly against the state’s new profiling law, SB 1070, [...]
On the ground in Arizona
Posted: May 13, 2010 at 12:27 pm By LloydThe backlash over Arizona’s SB 1070 is still going strong — but here’s how it all started. Check out this video about how the protests began and the people who are out there protesting and making their voices heard on the ground! Take action: Send a fax opposing racial profiling in Arizona and across America
A Race to the Bottom: The Best of the Worst in Recent Anti-Immigrant Proposals
Posted: May 5, 2010 at 2:00 pm By Seth HoyOriginally posted on Immigration Impact. Just when you think you’ve heard it all—someone, somewhere, sets the bar even lower. It’s not an overstatement to say that the immigration debate is ripe with contention. It inspires commentary from a wide range of political spectra—from the libertarian no-border folks to the “don’t retreat, reload” tea partiers. But [...]
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