Revisiting Manzanar
This spring I joined a pilgrimage to the place where I was incarcerated with my family and thousands of others almost 70 years ago, and wondered: could it happen again?
Calif. Assembly honors Japanese American civil liberties fighter
OAKLAND, Calif. - Almost seven decades after young Fred Korematsu was arrested for defying orders to relocate to an internment camp during World War II, the California Assembly last week passed a bill to recognize his Jan. 30 birthday as "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties."
At California’s Capitol, panel sheds light on immigration issues
SACRAMENTO - The California State Capitol was the site of a unique conference on immigration reform, with testimony on Arizona's new law, NAFTA, and problems of students and workers.
Vigil marks police slaying of farmworker
WOODLAND, Calif. - On a highway overpass here, a vigil marked the anniversary of the police killing in broad daylight of a young immigrant farmworker.
Wave of opposition builds against Arizona law
On Thursday major civil liberties groups announced they will challenge the controversial law in court, and protests mount nationwide.
Obama nominee could shape Supreme Court for decades
Obama told reporters he would look for a candidate with qualities similar to Stevens, a Republican who became a liberal on the court.
Senators float biometric ID for immigration reform
Sens. Graham and Schumer consider biometric IDs for workers as central to immigration reform.
Texas top court sets back freedom of information
The Texas Supreme Court's ruling is part of a national trend to restrict public information.
ACLU challenges disfranchisement
The American Civil Liberties Uunion has filed a federal lawsuit in South Dakota on behalf of Native American voters who were denied the right to vote in 2008.
Lawsuit charges Border Patrol with harassing Latinos
The U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement agencies in northwest Ohio restrain and interrogate Latinos about their immigration status based solely on their Hispanic appearance, a lawsuit filed by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee charges.
