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Now that a Wise Latina is a Supreme Court Justice ...

Marque Jensen 8-10-2009
Early next Saturday morning I will board a plane with my daughter to spend a week in Honduras.
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When Local Police Do Immigration Enforcement, the Community Suffers

Julie Peeples 8-03-2009
Two contrasting images recently brought into focus a growing chasm: a forty-something man in jeans and T-shirt squeezing the microphone at a community forum on immigration, face tight with anger a
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Gates Arrest Analysis Cliff Notes

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 7-28-2009
Audio of the 911 call that brought Sgt. James Crowley to the home of Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Mr. Obama, Our Immigration Enforcement Policy Perpetuates Racial Profiling

Allison Johnson 7-23-2009

While watching Barack Obama's health care press conference last night, I wasn't surprised when he took a question regarding the arrest and subsequent media uproar surrounding his good friend, Henry

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Interpretation, Hermeneutics, and Judge Sotomayor

Ernesto Tinajero 7-16-2009
Judge Sonia Sotomayor has begun jumping through the Senate's ritual hoops to become the next member of the Supreme Court.
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Immigration Reform: The time has come

Jim Wallis 6-11-2009

The time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. After several failed attempts in past years, the president has promised it and the White House is showing a clear commitment to it.

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Sotomayor: She Deserves Respect

Chuck Warnock 5-28-2009
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Barack Obama has electrified the Latino community in America.
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Why You Need to Know Vincent Chin

Eugene Cho 5-15-2009

I'll be honest. I get timid writing these kind of posts. I'm scared of being labeled an angry or bitter Asian. I'm scared of the emails that come in. I'm scared of being de-invited for speaking gigs

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Breaking Out of the Socially Contructed Box

Eliacín Rosario-Cruz 5-13-2009
"What do you mean by 'just one'? I'm not choosing just one!" I told my wife on the phone.
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Made in L.A.: Putting a Human Face on the Immigrant Experience

Almudena Carracedo 4-22-2009
Seven years ago, I set out to make a little film that would put a human face on the struggles of immigrant workers in L.A.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Support Wearing Thin

Connie Anderson 4-06-2009
In a stunning turnabout, some of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's firmest allies distanced themselves from his hard-line tactics when the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to postpone accepting $1.6 m
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Stop Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling

Nate Van Duzer 2-18-2009

It was very humiliating to be handcuffed in front of my family's business, in front of customers and neighbors.

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An Education in Border Injustice

2-06-2009
As I sat in the federal court room in Tucson witnessing the sentencing of over 60 people who had been caught crossing the border between the U.S.
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Suffer the Little Children

Allison Johnson 1-15-2009
When Jesus said, "Suffer th
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Hope for Troubled Immigration Reform

Allison Johnson 1-13-2009

Reading through today's New York Times, I came across an extraordinary opinion piece on immigration reform, titled "http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/opinion/13tue1.html?ref=opinion" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/opinion/13

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Postville Still Suffering in the Wake of Immigration Raids

Allison Johnson 12-11-2008
Months after the largest immigration enforcement raid in history, the tiny community of Postville is still sufferin
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Latino Evangelicals and the Mosaic Shift

Gabriel Salguero 11-07-2008
I am what some refer to as a brown evangelical -- in short, a Latino evangelical. Usually when the media speaks of evangelicals we are one of the groups that is left out.
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The Election, Immigration, and the Gospel

Gabriel Salguero 10-23-2008
In the months leading up to the election, the topic of immigration reform has disappeared from the presidential candidates' conversations.
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In the Band without Leading It

Sam and Rosalee Ewell 9-12-2008
[Click here to see all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race.]

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The New Monastics and Mosaic Leadership: Otra Voz

Gabriel Salguero 9-09-2008

[Click here to see all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race.]

I've been following the recent online conversation about racial reconciliation and the New Monastics rather closely. Why? Because it is a conversation whose time has come. I honestly believe that [...]

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