Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. November 12, 2009. Groups like BastaDobbs have done in Dobbs, who used his media platform to stir up racist, anti-immigrant hysteria for years.
Kos, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. October 14, 2009. It's ugly stuff, and CNN can't ignore it forever. The network has a choice. Either attract Latino viewers, or alienate them. It certainly can't do both.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 29, 2009. Protest campaigns urging CNN to dump Dobbs are gathering momentum. Will 'the most trusted name in news' do the right thing?
Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor. September 11, 2009. Rep. Joe Wilson’s heckling of President Obama has pushed the issue of illegal immigrants to the fore of the health care reform debate; too bad it's based on falsehoods.
Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center. September 11, 2009. Report details violent attacks, harassment and abuse driven by a virulent anti-immigrant climate, that has been fostered by community leaders and law enforcement practices
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2009. The exclusion of undocumented immigrants from the plan will create a financial burden on the system anyway.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. September 1, 2009. Mass immigration raids are up in the first five months of Obama's presidency, despite promises of reform.
Leslie Savan, TheNation.com. May 13, 2009. Mexicans have recently been the prime target of the most rancid typecasting in the media -- can more racist violence be far behind?
Annette Fuentes, New America Media. February 10, 2009. The news media and policymakers have neglected the complicity of U.S. customs and border agents in the flow of migrants across the border.
Danny Postel, Commonweal Magazine. January 31, 2009. Immigration raids are orchestrated to send a political message. But why penalize hard workers who endure very harsh conditions for very little money?
New America MediaJanuary 14, 2009. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has managed to toss in yet another example of its warped perception of due process.
David Bacon, New America Media. December 22, 2008. The successful union strategy relied on uniting a diverse workforce of African Americans, Puerto Ricans and immigrant Mexicans.
Ruben Navarrette, Washington Post Writers Group. October 21, 2008. Our approach to immigration cuts across-the-border family ties, making undocumented immigrants far more likely to remain in the United States.
Paco Fabian, AmericasVoiceOnline AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2008. "Just when we thought we already had enough problems with the Wall Street fiasco, in walks Malkin."
Suman Raghunathan, Feet in 2 Worlds. September 22, 2008. Organizers are trying to get millions of new immigrants registered in time to vote. Will they succeed?
Ruben Navarrette, Washington Post Writers Group. August 26, 2008. The U.S. team won the most medals; it also won the argument back home over the contributions of immigrants and their children.
Sonia Scherr, Southern Poverty Law Center. August 20, 2008. America's largest veterans organization has launched a hard-line attack on undocumented immigrants that's at odds with its mainstream image.
Sally Kohn, Movement Vision Lab. August 11, 2008. Americans aren't known for their rational views on immigration. So it's no wonder we attack low-wage workers while celebrating immigrant athletes.