by Brian Erickson
on August 03, 2010
Across the nation, SB 1070 has arguably become one of the most notorious bill numbers in recent history (certainly among state legislation). Mere mention of this bill number has become synonymous with threats of racial profiling, counterproductive “attrition through enforcement” approaches, and criminalization of “driving while Latino” – a sad political commentary for a SW border state with strong historic, cultural and economic ties to neighboring Mexico.
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by Lisa Haugaard
on July 27, 2010
A big white teddy bear sat on top of one of the little coffin boxes, and red roses on the other three. The remains of the four sisters were finally being returned to their mother, Blanca Nieves Meneses.
“I never thought that this is the way they would be returned to me,” said their surviving sister Nancy. “I always kept hoping that they would be returned alive.”
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by Brian Erickson
on August 02, 2010
Run, don’t walk, to your computer to check out Presumed Guilty ( Presunto Culpable
in Spanish), an incredibly powerful and insightful documentary on the
injustices in Mexico’s criminal justice system. You can see the film in
its entirety on the PBS/Point of View website through August 4th. To watch it online, click here.
by Travis Wheeler
on July 23, 2010
On Thursday, July 22nd, Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor became
the latest House member and the first from Florida’s congressional
delegation to join the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (H.R. 874). The
act, introduced in the 111th Congress by Reps. Delahunt (D-MA) and
Flake (R-AZ), aims to restore the right of each and every U.S. citizen
to travel to Cuba, a policy shift endorsed recently by Cuba’s most
prominent opposition figures and 64 percent of Cuban Americans.
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by Travis Wheeler
on July 29, 2010
 We've been doing everything we can--pulling out all the stops, as they say--to restore U.S. citizens' freedom to travel to Cuba. That's why we've come to you time and time again (and time and time again), asking you to make one more email or one more phone call to your congressperson; but we've also been mobilizing new advocates and as-of-yet untapped networks throughout the country to give us the best chance of getting the job done this year, in this Congress.
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by Vanessa Kritzer and Lisa Haugaard
on July 23, 2010
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