News & Current Events
On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced 3,168 undocumented immigrants were detained over the course of six-days in a national operation the agency
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April 3, 2012 // 0 Comments
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: Excellent analysis of the racism that permeates the “culture” of the United States! The killing of Trayvon Martin is a Rorschach test
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April 3, 2012 // 0 Comments
Earlier this year, using a controversial bill signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in 2010, the Tucson school board voted to end its Mexican American studies program.
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April 3, 2012 // 0 Comments
When the clock struck midnight last night signaling the end of the 2012 legislative session in Georgia, the state passed an important milestone. “This is the first year in
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April 2, 2012 // 0 Comments
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Tarahumara (Raramuri) community in the state of Chihuahua has the Constitution right to participate in the decision-making of
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April 2, 2012 // 0 Comments
The governments of the five large countries of the Global South, the BRICS states, met in New Delhi this week for their fourth summit. These five countries, Brazil, Russia,
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April 2, 2012 // 0 Comments
Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with
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April 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
Guatemala City – An estimated 10,000 indigenous people marched on Monday in the Guatemalan capital after they walked more than 200 kilometers (120 miles) to demand a
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March 29, 2012 // 0 Comments
Recently, the New York Times reported on the Oglala Sioux tribe’s federal lawsuit against liquor dealers in Whiteclay, Nebraska, a town standing a few hundred yards from
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March 29, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Canadian government is being reminded once again of its obligations to Indigenous Peoples in Canada and its failure to live up to the standards of the International
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March 29, 2012 // 0 Comments