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Today Obama meets with Brewer. Will leadership ensue?

rachelfirm wrote 1 year ago: By guest blogger, Elisabeth Lesser. Today, Governor Jan Brewer will meet with President Obama regard … more →

Tags: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration reform, arizona, Racial Profiling, obama, President Obama, governer jan brewer, Gov Brewer, Arizona Immigration Law

No racism to see here, folks.

rachelfirm wrote 2 years ago: Some of my favorite blog commentors are back. You know the ones. You can spot them pretty easily by … more →

Tags: Lou Dobbs, Latino in America, woman ticketed for not speaking english, Lary Whitten, racewire

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Can we shut this guy down yet?2 comments

rachelfirm wrote 2 years ago: Though I caught wind of this story last week, I just sat down to do some research this morning and a … more →

Tags: Enforcement, Maricopa County, Racial Profiling, 287 g, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arpaio

GOP: This is Your Future Calling (and Sorry, It’s Brown)

rachelfirm wrote 2 years ago: This week, the GOP launched their new website and it was like a little gift to the progressive blogo … more →

Tags: LATINO VOTE, gop website, latino gop

Robert Gittelson: Immigration Reform and Racial Tensions2 comments

rachelfirm wrote 2 years ago: Another guest post from Robert Gittelson. My apologies to Robert for not getting this up sooner … more →

Tags: Immigration reform, racism and immigration

The Cure for Racial Intolerance2 comments

rachelfirm wrote 2 years ago: Here is the latest from our guest-blogger, Robert Gittelson: The power of the Presidency to shape de … more →

Tags: Racial Profiling, henry gates, obama and racial profiling, rachel maddow and pat buchanan

ACTION: News Briefing on Rise in Hate Crimes

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: This Monday, national civil rights organizations will hold a news briefing to denounce the rise in h … more →

Tags: Actions, NCLR, Hate Crimes, marcelo lucero, news briefing

ACTION: Building Bridges Between African American and Immigrant Communities

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: Yesterday, I posted on an op-ed piece written by the president of NCLR that talked about the current … more →

Tags: Action, the new york immigration coalitio, african american and latino communities, communities of color

The Latino Voter Surge - and What it Means

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: I’ve talked a lot recently about the Latino vote and the integral role it played in this month … more →

Tags: Elections, LATINO VOTE, obama campaign, NCLR janet murgia, african american and latino relations

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric = Political Suicide

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: From Simon Rosenberg’s Blog at NDN: [Sunday} on Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw cited NDN in asking … more →

Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Latino voters, marcelo lucero, NDN, anti-hispanic rhetoric

ACTION: United Colors of Mississippi Unity Conference1 comment

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: The United Colors of Mississippi The 2008 SCLC-MIRA Unity Conference And Dinner The Mississippi Immi … more →

Tags: Actions, afl-cio, mira, mississippi immigrant rights, mississippi unity conference, little rock missionary baptist church, united colors of missisippi, southern christian leadership conference

Hate Will Never Win

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: Siler City, North Carolina, once considered the quientessential Southern small town, has become home … more →

Tags: Immigration News, latino population, npr, siler city north carolina

VIDEO: Race and Immigration: Behind the Debate1 comment

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: The Accidental American has posted a great video discussing the intersection of race and immigration … more →

Tags: Resources, asian immigrants, colorlines, Latino immigrants, race and immigration, Rinku Sen, who is am american

VIDEO: CNN Discusses Immigrant Murder in Pennsylvania6 comments

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: Below is a clip from CNN Newsroom yesterday – I think that the lawyers’ responses speak … more →

Tags: Immigration News, MALDEF, immigrant death in shenandoah, immigrant murdered in pennsylvania, hate crime in shenandoah, CNN Newsroom, racially motivated crime

Letter in Response to the Obama New Yorker Cover

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: I’m sure you have all seen the now (in)famous cover of the most recent New Yorker depicting Ba … more →

Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, new yorker cover

Happy Loving Day!

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: In our work to reform out-dated immigration laws, it’s important to remember other struggles a … more →

Tags: Broader Social Justice, Loving Day, loving vs virginia

ACTION: AZ Superintendent to Abolish Ethnic Studies Program

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: Today, I read this article from Latina Lista about Tom Horne, a school superintendent in Tuscon, Ari … more →

Tags: Action, Broader Social Justice, Youth, Tuscon Unified School District, Ethnic Studies, Latino students

The Media Don't Care about the Other Kind of Terrorists

rachelfirm wrote 3 years ago: From FireDogLake, comes a story about the recent arrests of domestic terrorists with plots to target … more →

Tags: Terrorism

Jena 6 - We won't sit down while injustice stands in our way4 comments

Nicola wrote 4 years ago: When candidates refuse to debate on Univision, it isn’t just about Latinos. Because then they … more →

Tags: Actions


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