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Flip-flopping about a bad policy

From the Restore Fairness blog-

Guest Blogger: Margaret Huang from the Rights Working Group reposted from The Huffington Post.


ICE's misplaced priorities: The numbers speak for themselves and the stories cry out for justice

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Guest Blogger: Azadeh Shahshahani from ACLU of Georgia reposted from The Huffington Post.


On Cinco de Mayo, we have music and games in support of Arizona's immigrants

From the Restore Fairness blog.

By the time I get to Arizona…By the time I get to Arizona….


Condemnation of Arizona's anti-immigrant bill goes national

See video

From the Restore Fairness blog.

onight, Arizona’s future hangs in the balance as Arizona Governor Jan Brewer decides whether to sign SB 1070, one of the harshest anti-immigrant bill in recent memory, into law. The bill will be forwarded to the Governor’s desk this evening and could ostensibly be signed into law by midnight tonight.


Is the criminal justice system "The New Jim Crow"?

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Jarvious Cotton’s great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole. – From ‘The New Jim Crow’.


Are you an authentic American?

From Restore Fairness blog

"Police officers giving drivers $204 tickets for not speaking English? It sounds like a rejected Monty Python sketch. Except the grim reality is that it has happened at least 39 times in Dallas since January 2007....All but one of the drivers were Hispanic."


Michelle Malkin Single-Handedly Disproves Model Minority Myth... Again

I'm not a fan of Michelle Malkin.  I could go through a good pitcher of beer explaining how wrong and a hack she is.  But, yet again, as always, she's outdone herself quite finely this weekend.


30 Under 30: Ramey Ko

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