New York Expected to Extend Protections to Domestic Workers
This is great news. The bill that New York is considering also protects workers who are undocumented, and requires a series of basic workplace protections: The State Senate this week passed a bill that would require paid holidays, sick days and vacation days for domestic workers, along with overtime wages. It would require 14 days’ [...]
...read moreToday In Latino News…
I couldn’t help but notice a lot of random articles today that were in some way about Latinos or Latin America. Here’s a rundown for you: An American woman has been in a Peruvian prison for the past 15 years for “aiding leftist rebels.” Hackers changed road signs to read “No Tacos” and “No Latinos.” [...]
...read moreMay 1st: March for Immigration Reform
Tomorrow is May Day, and Reform Immigration for America is marking the day by holding marches in support of progressive immigration reform all over the U.S. Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in almost 100 locations across the country: On May Day, we’re telling the our elected leaders in Washington DC that [...]
...read moreBoycotting Arizona
This is not at terrible idea. A spreading call for an economic boycott of Arizona after its adoption of a tough immigration law that opponents consider racially discriminatory worried business leaders on Monday and angered the governor. Several immigrant advocates and civil rights groups, joined by members of the San Francisco government, said the state [...]
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Arizona Immigration Law: A Roundup
Recently, I wrote about a bill in Arizona that would require police to check the papers of those they “reasonably suspect” to be undocumented immigrants. Tragically, infuriatingly, and unforgivably, that bill has now passed both houses of the legislature and been signed by the governor. A brief rundown of the law can be found here. [...]
...read moreConfronting Citizenship in Sexual Assault
This guest post is a part of the Feministe series on Sexual Assault Awareness Month. brownfemipower blogs at Flip Flopping Joy. Trigger Warning What does it mean to be a citizen? What does it mean to you to be a citizen of whatever country you were born in? As a citizen of the US, the [...]
...read moreArizona Set to Pass Anti-Immigrant Legislation
In Arizona, the legislature looks set to pass a truly terrifying anti-immigration bill that would, among other thing, allow police to arrest undocumented immigrants on the charge of trespassing simply for being in the state: The Arizona Legislature gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposal that would allow the police to arrest illegal immigrants on [...]
...read moreWherein your blogger destroys France.
Jill in a mosque, originally uploaded by JillNic83. I’ve written before about attempts to outlaw the burqa in France. Summary: I think it’s silly, an affront to basic freedoms, and ultimately more damaging to the women it claims to protect. Now France is at it again, trying to ban the wearing in public of any [...]
...read moreTime To Fire Ross Douthat, round 4095
Shorter Ross Douthat: Europe wasn’t racist enough, and so now they should be worried about the brown hordes. After arguing that European nations should have done more to restrict Muslim immigration, he concludes that while the end of the West is not near, there is still much to be fearful of: This is cold comfort, [...]
...read moreObama Lifts the U.S. HIV Travel and Immigration Ban
Excellent news: President Obama on Friday announced the end of a 22-year ban on travel to the United States by people who had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, fulfilling a promise he made to gay advocates and acting to eliminate a restriction he said was “rooted in fear rather than fact.” At [...]
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What The Notorious BIG Can Tell Us About Race and Immigration
(x-posted at Social Science Lite) In Black Identities, Harvard sociologist Mary Waters analyzes the racial and ethnic identities of first and second generation West Indian immigrants in New York City. At its core, Black Identities is a study of paradox. Waters eloquently states, “[For West Indians], America is a contradictory place…a land of greater opportunities [...]
...read moreNY Bans Most Shackling During Childbirth
A bill that bans most instances of shackling inmates during childbirth has finally been signed by NY Governor David Paterson. Shackling during childbirth — which can mean being handcuffed to the bed at the wrists, shackled to the bed at the ankles, and/or even being restrained around the stomach — is a much more routine [...]
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