October 2013
October 9th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in National Collegiate Dialogue with 2 Comments
The budget impasse and resulting shutdown of the federal government has hit hard to the poorest in US: American Indians who rely on federal trust funds to function. And that means many tribal people may fall victim to more predatory lending, a practice that has already targeted Indian Country during the past few years.
"The immediate shutdown crisis poses very real threats to tribal governments...
October 8th, 2013
Written by Jesse Washingto... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 7 Comments
The name of a certain pro football team in Washington, D.C., has inspired protests, hearings, editorials, lawsuits, letters from Congress, even a presidential nudge. Yet behind the headlines, it's unclear how many Native Americans think "Redskins" is a racial slur.
Perhaps this uncertainty shouldn't matter - because the word has an undeniably racist history, or because the team says it uses the...
October 4th, 2013
Written by Brian Skoloff in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the appointment of an independent monitor and a community advisory board to ensure that an Arizona sheriff is complying with constitutional requirements after finding his office engages in racial profiling.
U.S. District Judge Murray Snow found in May that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio singled out Latinos and deputies unreasonably...
October 4th, 2013
Written by Russell Contrer... in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
A large immigration reform rally in a New Mexico Republican District is being planned for this weekend. The lone Republican of New Mexico's congressional delegation faces an aggressive campaign from advocates who want him to support an immigration reform bill that grants citizenship.
Rep. Steve Pearce, who represents the state's border region and most Hispanic congressional district, has been...
October 3rd, 2013
Written by Amy Taxin in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver's licenses - a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police chiefs and insurance authorities.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill in front of a cheering crowd of immigrants and their supporters, predicting other parts of the country will follow the...