Weekly Diaspora: Obama Deploys Troops to Border Amid Rising Civil Disobedience |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Thursday May 27, 2010 9:17 am |
by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger
President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he would be deploying 1,200 National Guard troops to the Mexican border to beef up security along the Río Bravo. This surprise move has garnered criticism from immigrant rights supporters, who argue that it will dehumanize and endanger immigrant and Latino communities.
Weekly Diaspora: What the #$@!, Arizona? |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Thursday April 22, 2010 11:00 am |
by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger
While federal lawmakers cautiously mull over the possibility of dropping a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year, legislators in Arizona have passed yet another law that criminalizes undocumented immigrants. What’s more, the Arizona House is advancing a bill that would require the Arizona Secretary of State to review President Barack Obama’s birth certificate before his name is allowed on any ballots. <
William Gheen to Lindsey Graham: Admit you’re gay! Far-right demonizing of homosexuality continues |
| By: Chuckie Corra Tuesday April 20, 2010 12:36 pm |
William Gheen is seriously a putz. He accuses Lindsey Graham of being gay and demanding he come out of the closet.
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