Tag Archives: White House

9 May

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup

Economic Refugee News Weekly Roundup is a weekly summary of those stories that caught the focus of immigrants' rights activists, promoting immigration reform, racial unity, compassion, American freedom, and justice for...
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22 Apr

Senators Say “Don’t Deport DREAMERS”

Trail of DREAMs has just learnt that Senators Richard Durbin (Democrat) and Richard Lugar (Republican) have asked authorities to stop the deportation of children of economic refugees, aka “DREAMers”.  Here’s their press release: For Immediate Release Wednesday April 21, 2010...
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27 Jan

State of the Union: time for brand Obama to execute

How timely that Naomi Kline’s How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House piece so well analyzes the state of Obama’s brand.  I found this portion of Naomi’s piece particularly on-mark: [Obama] will boldly appoint the first Latina to the...
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20 Jan

Image will always trump substance?

Bad news for Latinos and immigration reform: Scott Brown (picture above), who staunchly opposes immigration reform, just won the Massachusetts Senate seat. Prepare yourself for the onslaught of spin that the right-wing media will force feed into the mouths of the coporate...
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