Category Archives: National News

22 Jun

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 06/22/10

Demand justice for 14-year-old boy Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca; call on the White House to conduct an independent investigation of his murder.  Sign the petition here. Eric Balderas was detained earlier this month while trying to board a flight back...
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13 Jun

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 06/13/10

Via Politico.com: looks like instead of immediately deporting them, Republican Gubernatorial candidate wants Arizona to keep economic refugees in tents; no word for how long. Arizona’s Brown Codes: A Generation’s Fight – By Kent Paterson: “Taken together, the Arizona laws resemble the Black...
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6 Jun

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 06/06/10

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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23 May

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 05/23/10

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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16 May

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 05/16/10

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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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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30 Apr

Immigration May Day Rallies 2010: Where Are You Going to Be?

 Arizona Republicans pulled a suicide pistol on their political careers by passing such racist unconstitutional and therefore anti-America law. These politicians and their allies in the Tea Party crowd are about to get a lesson on what a real rally looks...
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21 Feb

The media loves white angry people

Unlike what Rush Limbaugh claims, being white, right-wing conservative, and male (like the screaming guy on this video) will still get you ahead of the line in terms of media coverage; in fact you might be cheered on. Just like they do...
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5 Feb

Randi Rhodes reports on “The Family”

Randi blogs about the ultra-secretive Washington D.C. group “The Family”: If you forgot to mark your calendar, this [February 4th] was the National Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the secretive and shadowy far-right organization known as “The Family.”   Tea Parties? Prayer Breakfasts?...
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24 Jan

Air America Goes Off The Air

Many of my liberal friends often tell me that they prefer to listen to NPR, Pacifica, or other non-profit independent radio.  While I support and enjoy some of that programming (one superb program is Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman), I...
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