Sunday’s New York Times featured a profile on “The Powers of New York,” described as: Influence in New York is now wielded by a larger and more diverse array of people. As part of a special issue of Metropolitan, here’s a look at who is at the top and who...
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Today, Reverend Frank Hammond led a group of immigration advocates — calling themselves “Alabama’s Conscience” — in a protest at the Alabama Senate against their state’s controversial worst-in-the-nation anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56 and legislation under consideration that could make it even worse. “These laws are, by their very nature,...
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Netroots Nation 2012 is fast approaching, and there’s just one more day — today, Wednesday, May 2 — to apply for a scholarship. Every year, America’s Voice Education Fund sends ten activists passionate about immigration reform to Netroots, and there’s still time for you to be one of them....
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Traditionally known as International Workers’ Rights Day, and more recently known as the “Day Without an Immigrant,” this May Day labor, immigrant, and Occupy activists are joining across the country to call for a slate of progressive changes. Marches, rallies, and protests are planned in over 40 cities, including...
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