Oct 14 2009
New Report: “Guilty by Immigration Status”
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Last week, HURRICANE, or The Human Rights Immigrant Community Action Network, an initiative of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) released a report on U.S. violations of the rights of immigrant families, workers and communities titled “Guilty by Immigration Status”. The report provides a picture of a troubling pattern of systemic abuse requiring further investigation and documentation. …
The New York Times reported yesterday the CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is being courted by the Fox Business Network. According to one source cited, Fox News Chairman Roger. E Ailes recently met for dinner with Dobbs who was considered at the time as a ‘potential hire.’ The Fox Business Network has recently added two new hosts, Don Imus and John …
“A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America”” is the provocative title of a new book that follows the history of the even more provocative Ramparts magazine. Gaining notoriety during the height of the movement against the war in Vietnam, the underground magazine was a journalistic arm of the New Left. Written by Peter …
Last Friday,the Nobel committee announced awarding the 2009 Nobel Peace prize to President Obama. In its official statement the Norwegian Nobel Committee states that “it has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The Committee has attached special importance to …
Every second Monday of October is federally observed as “Columbus Day” in the United States. In addition to the many government offices that will be closed today, many public schools will have the day off. However, when students are in class are they likely to learn the critical history behind of the 15th century figure named Christopher Columbus who supposedly “discovered …
