April 10, 2006 -
"There is a new Latino labor force all over the South that will be the foundation of the next civil rights movement in the U.S. -- a movement that is going to have a brown face."- Baldemar Velasquez, leader of Farm Labor Organizing Committee, in Southern Exposure magazine, 1999Across the country, the faces of the new civil rights movement are pouring out. And with the Southern states experiencing some of the fastest growth in Latino and new immigrant populations, it's no surprise that the movement is exploding in the South. The Associated Press dispatched this news an hour ago:
April 7, 2006 -
In the wake of her capitol run-in with the law, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has taken a new tack, reports ABC News:
April 7, 2006 -
Blogging from Washington, D.C. after a strategy meeting with Good Jobs First, an excellent group tracking corporate subsidies and alternative ways of stimulating economic development.
April 7, 2006 -
Backyard Bluebird Posing (this morning)
April 6, 2006 -
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management sold off oil and gas exploration leases in several Southern National Forests last week:
April 6, 2006 -
Despite DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff's admonition that people have a civic duty to take responsibility for their own emergency preparedness and recovery, that just got a
April 6, 2006 -
You're probably aware that the Duke Lacrosse coach resigned yesterday, and the rest of the season has been canceled. There were also more disturbing revelations, but still no arrests.UPDATE: Rush Limbaugh calls the rape victim a "ho" on national right-wing radio.