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Darfur and the Sudan ‘Hustle’ Friday, June 15, 2007 :Washington Informer , Commentary, Askia Muhammad, Posted: Jun 15, 2007 Now that Darfur has gained notoriety if not prominence as an international concern, the battle for who will define the issues is sure to become more heated....
Posted: Fri, Jun 15, 2007 7:03am PDT
UK & Guantanamo: A Shocking Betrayal That Shames Our Government Friday, June 15, 2007 : Sometimes, confronted with the absurdities of officialdom, you do not know whether to laugh or to cry....
Posted: Fri, Jun 15, 2007 6:57am PDT
U.S. Shrouds Immigration Detention Center in Secrecy Thursday, June 14, 2007 :New America Media, Commentary, Michele Deitch and Sunita Patel When the U.S. government denied a United Nations expert access to two immigrant detention lock-ups it sent a worrying message about secrecy and lack of transparency in a system already being condemned as woefully inadequate....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:06pm PDT
Impact of Junk Food on Kids Thursday, June 14, 2007 :Washington Afro American , News Feature, Valencia MohammedThe politics of food, as with the poltics of oil, is often tied to money. Commonsense tells us that lack of exercise and other factors contribute to the increasing obesity epidemic....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:59am PDT
Cultural Isolation A Health Threat to Punjabi Farm Workers Thursday, June 14, 2007 :India West With a NAM Fellowship, News Feature, Ketaki Gokkhale...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:56am PDT
Conditions worsen at UK asylum-seeker detention centres Wednesday, June 13, 2007 :Britain’s Immigration Removal Centres have become notorious due to the desperate conditions facing immigrants and asylum-seekers detained there....
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 11:16pm PDT
The Rising Cost of Becoming A Citizen Wednesday, June 13, 2007 :Sampan , News Analysis, Adam Smith, Posted: Jun 13, 2007 Editor's Note: Becoming a U.S. citizen is getting more expensive, says Adam Smith of Sampan newspaper based in Boston, as fees for applications are being raised....
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 6:22am PDT
For seven hours, MSNBC hosted only conservatives and reporters to discuss immigration Tuesday, June 12, 2007 : During the seven hours of the June 11 edition of MSNBC Live (9 a.m.-4 p.m. ET), 15 segments aired about immigration or the Senate immigration bill, none of which featured a Democratic or progressive commentator. Indeed, in nine of the 15 segments, the anchor interviewed a conservative anti-immigration activist who had opposed the bill -- including six separate solo interviews with MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 7:15pm PDT
Deconstructing "Return to Sender" A little known fact is that draconian, unenforceable immigration policies, such as Operation Return to Sender, are actually products of NAFTA. Undocumented migration is a desired outcome of unequal international trade policies, boosting the living standards of U.S. citizens and enriching a powerful sector of the U.S. economy. Rather than discourage migration, dangerous but surmountable barriers and unenforceable, cruel laws only contribute to the “illegal,” status of needed workers, rende...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 4:55pm PDT
Vang Pao Appears in Court on Laos Charges Monday, June 11, 2007 : Day to Day , June 11, 2007 · Gen. Vang Pao, a leader of the Hmong immigrant community in America, will appear in a Sacramento courtroom Monday. Vang Pao is charged with trying to overthrow the government of Laos. The general's defense attorney Thomas Heffelfinger, says Vang Pao will plead not guilty....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 9:10am PDT
Short-Lived Reprieve from Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Connecticut Tuesday, June 12, 2007 :El Diario-La Prensa , Posted: Jun 12, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 9:02am PDT
Detainees and Deportees: The Missing Voices in the Immigration Debate Tuesday, June 12, 2007 :New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Editors Note: The voices of those in detention and deportation are missing from the immigration proposals being discussed in Washington. The bill to overhaul immigration, which stalled in the Senate last week, could make their lives worse....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 9:00am PDT
Screening Out the Immigration Debate to Stay Sane Monday, June 11, 2007 : As immigration reform again was derailed in the Senate, 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States continue to find themselves in a legal and social limbo. NAM contributor Adrian Ramirez says he chooses not to track the immigration reform debate because he doesnt want his hopes dashed again....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:48am PDT
Urgir al Senado a Rechazar S. 1348 URGIR AL SENADO A RECHAZAR S. 1348,
EL ACTA DE SEGURIDAD FRONTERIZA Y REFORMA MIGRATORIA 2007...
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 11:00pm PDT
ALERT - Reject Immigration Bill S. 1348 ACTION ALERT
SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL
URGE THE SENATE TO REJECT S. 1348
THE BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2007...
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 10:57pm PDT
Syria facing Iraqi refugee crisis Saturday, June 9, 2007 : A major and growing refugee crisis is developing in Syria. More than 1.4 million Iraqis have fled there since the 2003 invasion, with about 30,000 more arriving every month....
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 7:19pm PDT
UN warns of five million Iraqi refugees Saturday, June 9, 2007 : Omar, a Sunni driver, lived in a pleasant house in a Shia neighbourhood of al-Jihad district in west Baghdad until he decided that it was too dangerous for his family to stay....
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 7:19pm PDT
Christianity without Christ Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) sought to introduce Christianity into Christendom when the state religion had become comfortable and indistinguishable from the world. Kierkegaard like Leonardo Boff calls us to authenticity in a world of reversible cups and self-righteousness, world of half-truths and fish stories....
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 5:24am PDT
The Fight for Immigration Reform Its Not Over Yet, Say Advocates Friday, June 8, 2007 : The failure to move the immigration reform bill forward in the Senate is a major setback to prospects for immigration reform. But advocates, both those who supported the bill and those who opposed it, feel the fight is far from over....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:36pm PDT
Vang Pao Case Highlights Hmong Communitys Losses Friday, June 8, 2007: When 10 Hmong men from California were arrested in an alleged plot to overthrow the Lao government, it sent shock waves through that states large Hmong community. Old wounds were re-opened and also, says Mai Der Vang, the American-born child of Hmong refugees, new hopethat a long-buried history of genocide, exodus and ongoing oppression might finally come to light....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:35pm PDT
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