Republicans in Arizona passed a Racial Profiling Immigration Bill under the pretext that the Federal Government was not moving fast enough on immigration reform. So of course, the Republicans are trying to block immigration reform in Congress. GOP lawmakers seek to halt immigration reform push By the CNN Wire Staff April 25, 2010 3:16 p.m. […]

  Growing Split in Arizona Over Immigration By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD MESA, Ariz. — They stood a few miles from each other, but as far apart as heat and cold. Clutching a copy of a Spanish-language article on the tough new law making it a state crime for illegal immigrants to be in Arizona and […]

  I’ve been trying to understand the Tea Party Movement. Sounds like a lot of angry people who want to get the government out of their lives and cut both taxes and the deficit. Nothing wrong with that — although one does wonder where they were in the Bush years. Never mind. I’m sure like […]

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. – An Ohio man has been charged after authorities spotted him with a gun in a North Carolina airport parking lot as Air Force One was departing Sunday afternoon. Joseph McVey, 23, is charged with going armed in terror of the public, a misdemeanor, said Asheville Regional Airport Police Capt. Kevan Smith. […]

  MAYBE Lloyd Blankfein was doing “God’s work” after all. When the Goldman Sachs chief executive made that tone-deaf remark to an interviewer in November, he became the butt of a million insults, the ultimate symbol of Wall Street’s abdication of responsibility for its sleazy role in the Great Crash of ’08. But now we’ve […]

  As homeowners were falling behind on their subprime mortgages, wreaking havoc for investors that owned slices of their mortgages in securities peddled by Wall Street, Goldman Sachs was "well positioned," according to internal company emails from top executives. The firm had "the big short," declared chief financial officer David Viniar — Goldman Sachs was […]

Republicans are playing a dangerous game. Scapegoating Hispanics to appease their base may earn short term gain. It will in the long term increase unnecessary racial tensions and justifiably make Hispanics permanently weary of the GOP just as Blacks are today. That is not a good thing as we need at least two viable parties […]

This bill should be vetoed. It is a bill that codifies discrimination as it can only be enforced based on physical characteristics mostly against non-whites. A white German, white Canadian, or even white Latino will likely never be impacted and that fact makes the law biased. PHOENIX — President Barack Obama called an Arizona immigration […]

While many want to be sanctimonious or purist about illegal immigration, the reality is we have created an economy dependent on it. Our last construction boom was predicated on illegal immigration, our produce sector is predicated on illegal immigration and our domestic and lawn service sector as well. Honesty is never necessary when looking for […]

We’ve lost control over this movement. And we love it. As SEIU members and activists, you and I have been building this drumbeat toward Wall Street accountability for years – long before the economic crisis hit. In the beginning, we sometimes stood alone. Then, others began to join. Now, I’m proud to announce that thousands […]