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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced on Friday that it would continue its controversial 287(g) program. The program allows for the deputizing of local and state law enforcement officials to act as immigration agents. ICE approved fifty-five new agreements under the federal partnership program. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona has been its the largest participant and …

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In addition to the furor over the Federal government’s 287 (g) program, another controversy has erupted over immigration in Congress. Two Republican Senators are attempting to include a question about citizenship in the 2010 Census to prevent population numbers in states from being inflated by the presence of undocumented immigrants. Both senators are from Utah, where my next guest …

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The Execution of Maurice Bishop

Back in the day on October 19th, 1983, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada was executed in a coup d’état. Political instability on the Caribbean island had been brewing as days before Bishop had been placed under house arrest by members of his own New Jewel Movement Party. Popular support for the charismatic …

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Among those reacting to President Obama’s Nobel Peace prize last week was acclaimed intellectual and philosopher Cornel West. While on tour to promote his new book, West remarked that the honor “puts …[Obama] in a very tough situation because if you got a Peace prize and you end up being a war president in Afghanistan, if you got …

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With more than 70,000 political posters and prints in it’s collection, the LA-based Center for the Study of Political Graphics proudly claims to have the largest repository of Post World War II graphics in the country. From mass-produced protest signs to limited-edition silk-screens, from well known artists to anonymous activists, political posters are a crucial part of the …

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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is about the Genocide of Iraqis.

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Olympic Black Power Salute

Back in the day on October 16th, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, raised their fist in a black power salute during the Olympics. The two had just placed medal times in the 200 meter dash during the Mexico City games. Smith’s record setting sprint brought him gold and Carlos took …

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Dedicated life-long consumer advocate and three-time Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has recently added one more line to his already packed resume: budding novelist. Three years ago Nader began typing out on his Underwood Typewriter, his wildest political fantasies: a world where a group of 17 aging billionaires led by Warren Buffet spark a top-down/bottom-up rebellion against unrestrained corporate …

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The Senate Finance Committee chaired by Montana Democrat Max Baucus voted on Tuesday to approve its proposal on health care legislation. The plan, which notably omits a public option, moved forward by way of a 14-9 vote. Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine was the only Republican on the committee to cast her support for the so-called …

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David Miller Burns His Draft Card

Back in the day on October 15th, 1965 Roman Catholic Pacifist David J. Miller publicly burned his draft card at a rally against the Vietnam War. The move was an act of civil disobedience as President Lyndon Johnson had recently signed a bill into law that prohibited anyone from carrying out the …

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