Posts Tagged ‘USA Today’
Immigrant Students Struggle to Define Themselves, Win ‘Subtle’ Change at USA Today
Posted: December 22, 2009 at 10:24 am By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted at the America’s Voice blog.
Last week we brought you the story of immigrant students putting pressure on USA Today to change a provocative and misleading headline on a piece about young people who would benefit from the DREAM Act.
Well, today those same advocates have cause to celebrate what they are calling a “subtle” victory on the [...]
Fresh From Major Organizing Success, Dream Advocates Challenge USA Today on “Illegal Students”
Posted: December 18, 2009 at 5:26 pm By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted at America’s Voice.
Last week was a good week for advocates for undocumented youth, like those at DreamActivist.org, who are rallying support for a critical component of immigration reform called the Dream Act. Good news came out of Chicago, when the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights announced that honor student and [...]