Archive for the ‘Washington DC’ Category
Don’t Leave Immigration Out of the Debt Debate
Posted: August 4, 2011 at 4:15 pm By NicoleOriginally posted on the Change Nation blog
Last week, we watched as Republicans and Democrats signed a disastrous debt deal to “save” our nation’s economy.
The deal, led by The Gangs of Washington, cuts funding for education and Medicare and essentially bankrupts the middle class. Furthermore, Congress must come back again by September 30th to propose more [...]
The True Cost of E-Verify
Posted: June 29, 2011 at 8:40 am By NicoleThe Center for American Progress took a closer look at the harmful E-Verify system.
Along with the above infographic, the Center for American Progress found these shocking statistics:
There are a large number of errors.
A December 2009 independent estimate commissioned by USCIS and undertaken by Westat found that E-Verify had an overall error rate of 4.1 percent.
Of [...]
Countdown to 10.2: 4 days
Posted: September 28, 2010 at 4:22 pm By Lloyd This Saturday October 2, thousands of Latinos will gather at 10:00AM in front of the U.S. Capitol to march on Constitution Ave. towards the Lincoln Memorial to join the One Nation Working Together Movement. The march seeks good jobs, economic justice, quality education and justice for all, including immigrant rights.
“The reality is that we [...]
The Comedian Gets Serious
Posted: September 28, 2010 at 10:42 am By adminCross posted from America’s Voice. Click here to read this post in Spanish
During the only moment at which he “broke character” from his ultraconservative-commentator persona during a Congressional hearing on undocumented farm workers, comedian Stephen Colbert couldn’t have been more serious:
I like talking about people who don’t have any power.
When a member of Congress asked [...]
Countdown to 10.2: 5 days
Posted: September 27, 2010 at 2:41 pm By LloydThis weekend in Washington, DC is the One Nation Coming Together march to demand the change we voted for in 2008. One Nation Working Together is a social movement of individuals and organizations committed to putting America back to work and pulling America back together. Coming from a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and [...]
A special thank you to our online family!
Posted: September 15, 2010 at 3:48 pm By LloydFor the past two weeks, we’ve been asking you to take the pledge and stand with the families and civic leaders who are in Washington DC today demanding relief, reform and respect. Almost 2000 of you responded with what those words mean to you, your family, and your community.
We wanted to thank you all for [...]
Showing our light for Arizona
Posted: July 30, 2010 at 1:16 pm By adminLast night at the White House, we gathered to light candles on the day Arizona’s ‘papers please’ law went into effect.
We lit candles for the activists on the ground in Arizona, many of whom were arrested yesterday. We lit candles for the people protesting in San Francisco, New York, in Chicago and everywhere else across [...]
Activists to Obama, MLB: Take the Game out of Arizona
Posted: June 22, 2010 at 4:07 pm By adminLast Friday, the Chicago White Sox played the Washington Nationals in DC. New pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg struck out ten batters in seven innings but didn’t get the decision, and the Nats lost 2-1 in 11 innings of play.
Before the game, Politico speculated that it would be “interesting” if President Obama attended the game [...]
Nationals fans take a stand against Arizona’s law
Posted: June 15, 2010 at 11:01 am By Rachel LaBruyereBaseball has become the latest arena for the fight against Arizona’s racial profiling law, SB 1070. The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star game is scheduled to be played in Phoenix, Arizona and people across the country have stepped up their efforts to ask MLB comissioner Bud Selig to move the game out of the state [...]
Are you in Washington, DC? Come screen Entre Nos with us
Posted: June 7, 2010 at 4:13 pm By LloydEntre Nos is an award-winning film that tells the inspirational story of an immigrant mother and her children as they struggle to build a life in a strange city after being abandoned their father. The film was written and directed by Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte, and stars Paola Mendoza, who made the film [...]
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