A college student holds forth on the importance of ethnic studies programs in Arizona, and a new film raising awareness about the controversial legislation that bans them.
The struggle of Superior, AZ is like so many US towns where the primary industry and the promise of a stable life-long job have left town, likely never to return.
Both Arizona and Kansas are considering bills giving doctors the legal authority to withhold potentially crucial information about a woman's health, and in this case her child's.
Jan Brewer has decided to get in on the union-busting action, introducing a bill that makes Ohio's and Wisconsin's attacks on public workers look mild.
The ban on Mexican American Studies in Tucson high schools has led to "offensive" books--including Shakespeare's The Tempest--being removed and locked in a warehouse.
Ben Winograd, Immigration Impact. December 13, 2011.
Technically, the question before the Justices is simply whether four of the law’s provisions should be temporarily blocked pending resolution of a larger legal challenge.
Joe Miller worked as a probation officer for nearly three years before he was fired for adding his name to a Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) letter.
Pamela MacLean, New America Media. October 9, 2011.
Supporters of Arizona's draconian SB 1070 have asked justices to review the legislation, but the issue is complicated by copycat laws and other rulings.
Valeria Fernandez, New American Media. September 14, 2011.
A Hispanic advocacy group decided to call off the boycott initiated in response to brutal anti-immigrant legislation, but grassroots organizations were determined to stay put.
Juan Gonzalez, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. July 29, 2011.
Among those facing misdemeanor civil disobedience charges is Rev. Peter Morales, who discusses why he was arrested and the troubling raids of Latino neighborhoods.
The 2010 election saw a right-wing sweep of many state governor's races, and those governors haven't been shy about pushing their conservative shock treatment.
