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Category Archives: Featured Story

23 Jul

“Freedom from poverty is the dream this country holds”

Economic Refugee T-shirts by Cultura Y...
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Featured Story artwork, logo, T-shirt
23 Jun

Environmentalism, Spirituality and Activism

The dominant global paradigm is to be rich and abundant in material possessions. This pursuit is leading us away from nature and contributing to the destruction of nature to attain our goals. Do not, however, let the preponderance of bad...
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Featured Story environment, global warming, materialism, permaculture, spirituality, youth advocate
17 Jun

A Mexican from L.A. at Netroots Nation 2011

Project Economic Refugee's day # 3 at Netroots Nation 2011 in...
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Featured Story, In Your State, Minnesota, National News, PER
23 May

Gas Prices: “No, I can’t move closer to work”.

It's not just the drivers of extravagant gas guzzlers that are affected by gas prices: as usual, low-income minorities and seniors are actually impacted the...
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Featured Story barrel, buses, cheapest gas stations, demands, gas prices, hardships, low-income, oil, Osama Bin Laden, people of color, poll, public transportation, rail line, seniors, speculators
11 May

Who’s to blame for high gas prices?

New poll reveals Americans overwhelmingly blame Wall Street speculators and Oil Companies for artificially high gas prices....
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Featured Story, National News Barney Frank, Cenk, demand, gas prices, oil prices, stock market, supply, The Young Turks
10 May

President Obama: “That’s Not How Democracy Works”

Nothing new in President Obama's speech on immigration in El Paso, TX, May 10,...
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Featured Story, National News, Texas campaign, Cenk, DREAM Act, El Paso, entire script, Immigration, MSNBC Live, President Obama, speech, The Young Turks, Video
9 May

Predictions: President Obama’s Speech on Immigration

Why does President Obama keep on repeating that he does not have the authority to stop deportations when it is not...
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Featured Story, National News conflict, deportations, Hispanic celebrities, immigration speech, JFK, Osama Bin Laden, politics, President Obama, stakeholders
19 Apr

Going to Netroots Nation 2011 Minneapolis!

Notification that Project Economic Refugee was selected as a recipient of the DFA/VA Netroots Nation...
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Featured Story, PER announcement, blogging, conference, costs, progressive, scholarship, votes, winner
1 Mar

The psycho-emotional impacts of immigration on our children

Interview with the author of the new book, "Listen to the Children: Conversations with Immigrant...
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Featured Story, Latin America, National News children of immigrants, church services, doctors, Healthcare, Latinos, Psychology, pycho-emotional therapy, pyschologists, trauma
17 Dec

Hey MoveOn: Will You Support DREAM Act too?

MoveOn.org was the first organization that inspired me to be an activist.  When they asked me for donations, volunteer support, or host an event for them in my town, I stepped up and answered their call.  Now I’m asking something...
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Featured Story, National News DREAM Act, MoveOn, MoveOn.org

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Literature/research using "economic refugee" term

  • American University International Law Review: unprotected in the U.S. by virtue of an inaccurate label
  • Change.org: When an Undocumented Immigrant Is an Economic Refugee
  • Huffington Post: Surge in Economic Refugees Will Test Community Resources
  • MinnPost.com: Americans living abroad for financial survival
  • New York Times: American Evangelical Churches Announce New Policy of Sanctuary for Iraqi Refugees
  • PDA: Economic Refugees and Big Petroleum
  • The Guardian: Casualties of globalism
  • Tikkun Daily: Reagan’s Refugees
  • Univision News Tumblr: Call Marco Rubio what you will, just don’t call him an “economic refugee”
  • UPROOTED: Refugees of the Global Economy

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