150 Years Since Emancipation: We’ve (Hardly) Come a Long Way, Baby
Saturday, Sept. 22 marked the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s early emancipation of slaves from Confederate States which were still …
Tag Archives: undocumented migrants
Julián Castro’s Grandmother’s American Dream
On Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro gave a moving speech about how his …
Fear and Loathing of and by Brown People: Let’s Remember Our Histories
Yesterday, I received this message on a list of family friends and relatives who would self-identify as Indian. The email, …
Illegality and Idiocy: Only One Can Be Solved for Sure
Yesterday, the New York Times published a roundtable “Room for Debate” on whether it is wise for undocumented persons should …
Amherst, MA Opts out of ICE’s Secure Communities Program
This post inaugurates my return to the blogosphere. Many topics to discuss, coming soon: VAWA, the unsung heroes surrounding Chen …
Kris Kobach’s War on Muslims and Latinos
Updated below: Those who have known me for the last decade have heard me insist ad nauseam that the war …
Homophobic Harassment, Self-Deportation, and Surveillance
The New Yorker ran a thoughtful piece by Ian Parker on the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a gay Rutgers University …
