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Checkpoint Nation? Building Community Across Borders

Wed, 09/21/2011 - 08:38
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From our Restore Fairness blog:

Early one morning, Maria—then nine months pregnant—and her family were stopped by the police for no discernible reason. A special breakfast outing became a nightmare—and at one of the most intimate moments of her life, Maria found a team of immigration agents—not her husband—by her side.


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TODAY join Rights Working Group and Melissa Harris-Perry on Twitter to discuss profiling and rights after 9/11

Wed, 09/07/2011 - 09:02

Crossposted from Rights Working Group

Rights Working Group and renown progressive scholar Melissa Harris-Perry will hold a Twitter Chat, TODAY from 3-4 pm ET, about racial profiling and ways to reclaim and expand rights lost after 9/11.


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Two fathers face deportation and separation from their families

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 14:28
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Unlike the woman in the DSK story, most immigrant women are afraid to report sexual assault

Thu, 06/16/2011 - 09:29

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Georgia Is Not a "Show Me Your Papers" State

Tue, 06/07/2011 - 15:23

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Guest blogger: Azadeh N. Shahshahani, National Security/Immigrants’ Rights Project Director, ACLU Foundation of Georgia.

Co-authored with Omar Jadwat, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project. Cross-posted from Huffington Post.


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Do we want a future where our religious faith makes us a target?

Thu, 06/02/2011 - 09:40

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New reports document discriminatory government treatment of Muslims in America

Thu, 05/26/2011 - 09:53

From our Restore Fairness blog-

Guest blogger: Amna Akbar, Senior Research Scholar & Advocacy Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law, and co-author of both reports mentioned below.

Cross-posted from Rights Working Group.


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Native American identity & rights - past, present and 2049

Wed, 05/18/2011 - 09:11

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"Nothing is as sweet as self-determination." - Zia, a character in Breakthrough's America 2049.


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Fictional ban on interracial unions and abortion in America 2049 becoming all too real today

Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:11

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“With Osama Bin Laden dead, can we have our rights back?” – How the effects of 9/11 could lead to America 2049

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 14:07

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