| DREAM With Me. | |
| By nezua · Posted on April 4, 2009 at 3:06 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Immigration, Legislation |
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IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT The DREAM Act, I want to introduce you to the legislation, fight, and arguments. There’s really no need for me to try and explain it... Read more » |
| Numbers game: The 2010 Census | |
| By Michelle Chen · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Immigration, Legislation |
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Counting people is harder than it looks. The 2010 census is morphing from sociological project into a political one: conservatives are crowing about the dangers... Read more » |
| Moyers Highlights Jobs with Justice Organizer, Employee Free Choice | |
| By Seth Michaels · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:47 pm ·
Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Legislation, Workers' Rights |
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On this past week’s “Bill Moyers Journal” on PBS, Moyers took a look at the battle for worker freedom during our current economic crisis. It’s a great segment... Read more » |
| San Francisco Chronicle Calls for Passage of UAFA | |
| By rtiven · Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:41 am ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Immigration, Legislation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights, Women's Rights |
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As readers of this blog know too well, barring a miracle, the family of American citizen Jaylynn Mercado will be ripped apart on Friday when her partner of 23 years... Read more » |
| TAKE ACTION: Pressure Senators to Ask HHS Nominee Kathleen Sebelius about the HIV Ban | |
| By Victoria Neilson · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 10:24 am ·
Filed under Highlight, Take Action Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Immigration, Legislation |
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Physicians for Human Rights has set up an action page asking Senator Senator Barbara Mikulski and Senator Bernie Sanders to make sure that Sebelius will make lifting... Read more » |
| Just Say No – to the HIV Ban | |
| By Victoria Neilson · Posted on March 30, 2009 at 12:44 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Immigration, Legislation |
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In Korea recently, a foreign English language teacher avoided being tested for HIV under that country’s immigration laws – simply by refusing to comply with... Read more » |
| TAKE ACTION: Help Raise the US HIV Travel Ban at HHS Senate Confirmation Hearings | |
| By Jirair Ratevosian · Posted on March 30, 2009 at 12:27 pm ·
Filed under Take Action Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Immigration, Legislation |
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This week’s Senate confirmation hearing for President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) offers a key opportunity to press the... Read more » |
| Taxing Health Care Benefits: An All-Around Bad Idea | |
| By Mike Hall · Posted on March 24, 2009 at 3:31 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Health, Legislation |
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There’s noise now in Washington that policy makers are considering paying for health care reform, in part, by taxing health care benefits workers receive through... Read more » |
| Washington Post calls for passage of UAFA | |
| By rtiven · Posted on March 16, 2009 at 9:37 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Immigration, Legislation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights |
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The subhead says it all: “Gay couples should be allowed to stay together in the United States.” The call by a key national newspaper to end discrimination against... Read more » |
| The Economic Crisis Hits Binational Couples Hard | |
| By Victoria Neilson · Posted on March 13, 2009 at 10:01 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Immigration, Legislation |
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Being in a same sex binational couple has always been an expensive proposition. From the frequent international travel necessary to not violate the terms of short-term... Read more » |
