The legal director of the ACLU in Arizona filed a civil rights action against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over his arrest and jailing hours when he went to observe a demonstration against Arpaio’s anti-immigrant policies. In the suit filed yesterday, legal director Daniel Pochoda says Arpaio accused him of “criminal trespass” on a [...]
Black and Latino voters critical to same-sex marriage ban’s success
by chicano | November 7th, 2008
Even as African-American and Latino voters were a powerful force in boosting America’s first black president to victory, in California they also were crucial to passing Proposition 8, a ballot measure labeled, “Eliminates right of same-sex couples to marry.”
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OneWorld TV - Border Patrol Detains Human Rights Documentarian
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by chicano | September 25th, 2008
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Maya picks up “Amexicano”
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by chicano | September 18th, 2008
Maya Entertainment has picked up US rights to Matthew Bonifacio’s “Amexicano,” about a friendship between a working-class Queens man and an immigrant…
ACLU suspects Bizzell of anti-Latino bias
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by chicano | September 9th, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina and other civil rights groups say they suspect Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell of
Italy. Another racist fire kills two young gypsies
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by chicano | September 2nd, 2008
…protecting the rights of Roma and Sinti people more then one time advertised of the alarming growth of racism in the Padua’s area, where…
Labor Day 2008: A Snapshot of the Latino Workforce
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by chicano | August 30th, 2008
Workforce, was released today by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization…
Protesters march for immigrant rights
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by chicano | August 28th, 2008
“We want to stop the raids,” Ramon Del Castillo, chairman of the department of Chicano studies at Metropolitan State College in Denver, told…
CUNY Immigration Clinic Opening
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by chicano | August 27th, 2008
…a demonstrated commitment to our social justice mission for a tenure-track appointment to lead our Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic (IRRC).
“The notion that immigrants should adapt to America is being…
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by chicano | August 5th, 2008
oh really???
“A new immigrant to America, legal or illegal, enjoys more rights than taxpaying American citizens,” Boulet said.