Politics
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher program to privatize public education has come under fire recently for spending state tax dollars to teach Bible-based curriculum. An
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August 17, 2012 // 0 Comments
When I write about the Chicana/o community, it is more in the spirit of an examination of conscience than an indictment. Although I do not pretend to be member of any
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August 17, 2012 // 0 Comments
– Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday directing “state agencies to deny driver’s licenses” under the Obama administration’s new
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August 16, 2012 // 0 Comments
A federal court in Brazil on Tuesday suspended all construction work on the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Amazon. As outlined in the following press release by Amazon
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August 16, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Department of Homeland Security starts accepting applications for deferred action from DREAM Act-eligible young adults on Wednesday. Under a new directive President Obama
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August 15, 2012 // 0 Comments
Samuel Wurzlbacher — known to most as Joe the Plumber — made an appearance at a fundraiser for a Republican Arizona State Senator candidate over the weekend, and told the
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August 14, 2012 // 0 Comments
At the Aug 7 trial for Randall Leon Thompson, the person accused of leaving three death threats against me in my university voicemail, was placed under supervised probation
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August 14, 2012 // 0 Comments
These are excerpts from e-mails Russell Pearce sent from 2006 to 2011. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona acquired about 10,000 pages of e-mails from legislative
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August 13, 2012 // 0 Comments
Borrowing the words of the legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig I am the luckiest man in the world. At eighty I will begin another semester at the end of the month. Again I
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August 10, 2012 // 0 Comments
Is the deadly shooting at a Sikh temple indicative of a deeper problem in America? One that goes beyond white power
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August 10, 2012 // 0 Comments