tucson racism
Scouring media outlets nationwide, it is evident that Operation Streamline – which was shut down by human rights activists on Oct 11 in Tucson – remains “America’s
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October 12, 2013 // 0 Comments
Racial profiling has been a constant in the news in recent months, thanks to revelations and lawsuits about the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy and
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October 11, 2013 // 0 Comments
This week, on December 14, the court-appointed special master is slated to turn in the unitary desegregation plan for Tucson Unified School District. While subject to
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December 11, 2012 // 0 Comments
I have been an activist for over fifty years so I can safely say that I have participated in my share of controversies. I remember some that were particularly acrimonious.
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November 15, 2012 // 0 Comments
Seemingly few people realize that when the state came after Ethnic Studies in Arizona a few years ago, it was because the state deemed Raza Studies to be outside of western
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October 17, 2012 // 0 Comments
On Tuesday, a federal judge cleared the way for Section 2B of Senate Bill 1070 that requires Arizona law enforcement officials check the immigration status of anyone they
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September 19, 2012 // 0 Comments
Today U.S. federal district court judge Susan Bolton denied a request made by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and partner organizations to block SB1070’s
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September 8, 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
After the January 2012 dismantling of Tucson’s Mexican American Studies (MAS) department by TUSD’s governing board, my colleague Norma Gonzalez at MAS-TUSD was forced to
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August 7, 2012 // 0 Comments