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Beyond May Day, Frustrated Immigrant Movement Forges Ahead

Michelle Chen, In These Times. May 7, 2012.

While racist hostility pervades the mainstream political arena, Occupy may be one of the only spaces left for immigrants to speak up without fear.

Labor Unions' Fight for the 99% Goes Way Beyond Raising Campaign Dollars

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. April 22, 2012.

Labor is an integral part of the progressive coalition, one of the only forces capable of acting as a counterweight to the organized money that's taken over our politics.

Will Information on Political Advertising Buyers Make it To the Public? Not if Industry Lobbyists Can Help It

Justin Elliott, ProPublica. April 16, 2012.

If a new rule passes, broadcasters would have to post information about who buys political ads and for how much on a new FCC website for the public.

Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law Will Cost Billions and Allow Bosses to Abuse Workers Freely

R. M. Arrieta, In These Times. March 4, 2012.

A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center looks at the devastating effects of Alabama's attack on immigrant workers.

Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum

Henry A. Giroux, TruthOut.org. February 27, 2012.

Democracy cannot function without an informed citizenry, and an ignorant public is just what Santorum and his allies count on.

Latino Vote is Crucial in Colorado's Close Race for the Republican Primary

Maribel Hastings, Huffington Post. February 17, 2012.

The tone and policies on immigration can be so important that they've led some Hispanic Republicans to switch parties.

What if Citizens United Actually United the Citizens?

Ilyse Hogue, The Nation. January 22, 2012.

This past week saw a flurry of progressive victories that could upset the conventional wisdom about a post–Citizens United world.

Inside Our Supposedly "Humane" Immigrant Detention Centers

Seth Wessler, ColorLines. January 9, 2012.

The interiors of detention centers might as well be black sites, cast off the political map except for the rare instances of abuse so egregious that they blip onto our radar.

DREAM Activists Volunteer for Detention to Prove ICE is a "Rogue Agency"

Julianne Hing, ColorLines. November 21, 2011.

When the cameras aren’t rolling and the nation’s not looking on, does the Obama administration abide by its own deportation policies?

Obama: Kids Stuck in Foster Care Due to Deportation a “Real Problem”

Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines.com. November 14, 2011.

In a briefing last week, President Obama directly acknowledged that his administration’s immigration enforcement practices break up families.

U.S. Deports 46K Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months

Seth Freed Wessler, ColorLines. November 6, 2011.

We'e seen a striking increase in the rate of removals of parents, raising serious concerns about the impact of these deportations on children, many of whom are left behind.

How Corporate America Is Pushing Us All Off a Cliff

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. November 19, 2010.

We can't turn our backs on the big corporations' next big scheme to screw up society. We can be sure the next crash will be much bigger.

Dozens of U.S. Citizens on Assassination List, White House Adviser Hints

Muriel Kane, Raw Story. June 29, 2010.

National Security Adviser says there's 'dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning.'

8 Words That Could Save Our Country

David Morris, AlterNet. May 1, 2010.

"Corporations are not people. Money is not speech." These are fundamental truths that our nation needs to remember -- and add to the Constitution.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Dangerous Database

Jake Bernstein, Texas Observer. April 14, 2007.

Texas is amassing an unprecedented amount of information on its citizens.

Obama Will Not Veto National Defense Bill Allowing Indefinite Detention of U.S.Citizens

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.


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