No Bill of Rights on U.S.-Mexico border
Tucson is 60 miles from the Mexican border, within a 100-mile zone where immigration authorities say important due process rights can be suspended.
Arriving without their parents: Child refugees being warehoused on the U.S. border
Thousands of unaccompanied child refugees from Central America, making their way through Mexico and into the U.S., are ending up in locked, fenced warehouses in Texas and Arizona.
Today in labor history: Cherokee Nation begins Trail of Tears
It is estimated that nearly one third - ten to 30 percent - died in the course of U.S. government's ethnic cleansing.
Texas Republicans jump back in time
It was the largest almost-all-white political gathering of its size in recent times. Advocates of "open-carry" rallied outside with assault rifles. Inside, more reactionary events occurred.
Civil rights lawsuit wins groundbreaking immigration policy
After years of organizing against racist profiling by the East Haven Police Department, a landmark legal victory has been won.
Alabama to pay $580,000 because of unconstitutional anti-immigrant law
"This lawsuit put a swift end to a cruel, discriminatory, and unlawful effort to drive immigrant families out of their homes."
Dreamers in Virginia can pay instate tuition
Immigrants' rights advocates are hailing a ruling that means students who are accepted by the federal DACA program can pay instate tuition to attend state colleges and universities.
Today in eco-history: The worst storm of the Dust Bowl
On April 14, 1935, The "Black Sunday Storm," one of the worst dust storms in U.S. history, caused immense economic and agricultural damage
Immigration activists arrested at civil rights meet
The protest, organized by United We Dream, was to "protect Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of civil rights for all, including the immigrant community."
Immigrant families demand an immediate end to deportations
Fed up with seeing loved ones deported and families and communities broken up, 11 undocumented immigrants and their supporters were arrested after blocking an intersection.
