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This post was first published at TomDispatch.
This is an excerpt from an article first published at BabyGirlz Magazine.
BY GABRIEL THOMPSON
The hardships that undocumented workers suffer, which I witnessed firsthand while reporting my book, has me thinking about a term that is frequently used in debates around immigration: "earned citizenship."
The phrase is meant to highlight the fact that immigration reform wouldn't just grant people amnesty, but force them to follow a path to citizenship that they must "earn" by paying fees, taking English classes, etc.
I understand the strategic purpose of highlighting this idea, but it still makes me want to punch the nearest wall.
The truth is that most undocumented immigrants have already demonstrated ...
In the early 1990s, I had the good fortune to work for Robert B. Reich, then the U.S. Secretary of Labor. He taught me a simple (and free) tool for diagnosing the health of an organization.
When he visited companies and talked with employees, Reich listened carefully for the pronouns people used. Did employees refer to their companies as "they" or as "we"?
"They" suggested at least some amount of disengagement, and perhaps even alienation. "We" suggested the opposite -- that employees felt that they were part of something significant and meaningful.
(VIDEO: Two questions ...
This post was first published at www.masonsays.com.
BY MASON JAMAL
Haiti, unfortunately, is no different from the others. Tragedy strikes and the media arrives in full occupying force. It's the story of the moment. Everyone cares. The information and images take up temporary residence in our collective conscience. Our hearts go out. But, invariably, so do the lights. The bulbs stop flashing. The cameras stop rolling. Heads stop talking. Then what? Do we look the other way, as usual, and ...
This post is from Reese's travels to Somalia. The East African nation has been devastated by factional fighting that has lasted for two decades and has been without a functioning central government since 1991. About 1.5 million of Somalia's people are internally displaced.
A version of this post was first published at BikingforObama.com
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This post was first published at VeniceforChange.com.
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BY MATT PALAZZOLO
The passage of Proposition 8 in California led to a dramatically increased awareness of homophobia around the country as well as the launch of a new generation of activists.
What I didn't realize until recently, though, is that Prop. 8 was also a unique catalyst in battling racism and faith-phobia.
Following the LGBTQ (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer) community's sometimes racist reactions to false reports that the African American community overwhelmingly supported Prop. 8 as well as faith-phobic language written on ...
This excerpt is from a post first published at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. Powell is blogging while in South Africa.
BY ADAM CLAYTON POWELL III
GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa - Here in South Africa, the downfall of apartheid, the first multi-racial election in 1993 and the victory at the ballot box of the formerly outlawed African National Congress remains a source of considerable pride and celebration. And there is also an examination of the public diplomacy tools used by the ANC ...
BY ROSA CLEMENTE
Over the Labor Day weekend, Van Jones, a member of the hip-hop generation and special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality, tendered his resignation, and it was accepted by the Obama administration. I will be the first to say that I never found Van Jones to be a radical, a Black Nationalist or a communist as Fox News suggested.
Although I appreciate his book The Green Collar Economy, I ...
Published March 21, 2010 12:05 PM
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