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Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV)
| 2601 Mission St., Ste 404 c/o PILA San Francisco, CA 94110 |
phone: 415-821-4808 email: info@mivcalifornia.org website: www.mivcalifornia.org |
MIV advocates for an approach to electoral organizing that emphasizes elections work as one component of a larger movement for social and economic justice. This movement-building approach to elections focuses not only on short-term increases in voter turnout and wins on specific ballot initiatives, but also on: * building leadership and capacity within low-income immigrant communities and organizations; * catalyzing and strengthening diverse multi-ethnic alliances; and * connecting electoral work to ongoing organizing for social justice. We work with organizations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate materials and skills training based on a progressive, low-income specific platform to help them build effective voter and civic participation programs over time.
In 2008, MIV worked with evaluation firm, See Change Evaluation Inc., to complete a pilot evaluation of MIV’s work, particularly seeking to tell the stories of immigrant integrated voter engagement initiatives in California. MIV highlighted the case studies of two organizations, the Korean Resource Center and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) in the film.
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The Connection Between Immigrant Rights and Reproductive Justice Written by EMERJ for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote MOVE 2008PurposeThe issue of reproductive justice is important for our communities to discuss for numerous reasons. It is one of the major issues facing our families and communities today. We also know that it has historically been used as a wedge issue to divide us. This training will help us understand how issues immigrants face are tied to and overlap with issues of reproductive justice and what we can do about it. It is appropriate for all levels of volunteers, members, and staff.Goals
- Define what reproductive justice is and its connection to immigrant rights
- Identify some of the reproductive justice issues that their communities are facing
- Analyze the issues or campaigns that they are working on through a Reproductive Justice Lens
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Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Rights Written for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote by Amos Lim of API Equality, A Project of Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco, CA; Claudia Gomez-Arteaga of Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action; adapted from materials provided by the School of Unity and Liberation and M. Hickey and V. Varko; edited by the Bay Area Immigrant Rights CoalitionPurposeTo better understand issues facing the LGBT community and how they connect to greater struggles for social justice. Appropriate for all levels of members/volunteers/community members.Goals
- Understand how fear and ignorance of the LGBT community has been used to create wedge issues which divide communities with common interests from allying together.
- Inform voters and help show how civil protections extended to the LGBT community can further and support the struggles faced within the immigrant community.
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Mobilize the Immigrant Vote MOVE Toolkit (in English, Spanish, and Chinese)
The MOVE Toolkit is a companion series to the Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Immigrant Action Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Toolkit (PILA Toolkit). The two sections of the MOVE Toolkit can be used alone, or to supplement the PILA Toolkit’s “Planning” section. An important element of movement-building electoral organizing is the ability for organizations to train their own staff, members, and community leaders to plan for and run every component of a campaign. Electoral organizing leaders will need to understand the concept of movement-building electoral organizing, the basic components, and how to plan an electoral campaign. This approach can be an important way to increase the stake of organization members and volunteers in the work of our organizations, to provide leadership development for members and staff, and to ensure our electoral programs are rooted in the input and needs of our constituents.
The MOVE Toolkit provides resources and trainings in the following areas:
Section 1: Movement -building Electoral Organizing
This section provides numerous resources to assist conducting electoral work in a way that advances larger social justice goals. It includes movement-building electoral organizing definitions and field campaign components, sample agendas and trainings, a case study, and more.
Section 2: Electoral Field Campaign Planning Phase I
This section includes ideas and resources for setting goals, targeting, and detailed planning, all important aspects of the first phase of planning. It contains sample agendas, practice exercises, sample planning templates, budgeting and fundraising worksheets, and much more.
Section 3: Additional Resources
Additional resources including a sample gallery exercise for presenting small group break-out sections in a fun and interactive way, and many more useful resources.
These tools and trainings were created for our Movement-building Organizations for Voting and long-term Empowerment (MOVE) Program. During the 2007-2009 MOVE Program, the MIV Collaborative partnered intensively with 30 community based organizations working within low-income immigrant communities across California to expand capacity to educate and mobilize immigrant voters, and to connect voter engagement strategies to ongoing organizing and civic engagement efforts.
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This tool was developed by the Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action (PILA) as part of Mobilize the Immigrant Vote California Collaborative (MIV) as part of their non-election year political education and voter skills training series in 2007 aimed at building the internal capacity and increasing the scale of MIV’s core 15-20 Partner organizations throughout California. This tool was developed to be used with participants who are staff representatives of organizations who work on get-out-the-vote election programs with immigrant base members and constituents. These organizational staff members who participated were committed and had experiences (whether positive or negative) engaging communities in tackling divisive issues. Many of these participants have experience these divisive issues resulting in the fragmenting of our movement by pitting vulnerable communities against one another. This workshop was facilitated with groups as small as six people to as large as twenty across California. To ensure maximum participation please adjust the time on the agenda according to the number of your workshop participants to make sure for ample time for discussion and report backs.
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The Toolkit contains material that PILA created during our two intensive capacity-building Mobilize the Immigrant Vote training programs, each held over several month periods in 2002 and 2004.
The Toolkit collects basic information, ideas, worksheets, sample materials, exercises and handouts from PILA’s programs that your organizations’ staff and community leaders can use to plan and implement electoral activities that are appropriate for your organizational capacity and community context. Not everything will be useful for every organization; this really is a collection of materials for your organization to pick and choose among and adapt as needed.
While the general framing of the toolkit and each of the sections is in English, all the handouts and worksheets, and a lot of the general information, are provided in English, Spanish and Chinese.
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Flood Refugees in Karachi Relief Camp Complain of Government Corruption and Inefficiency
September 3, 2010, 5:51 am
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Study: CEOs Who Fired Most Workers Earned Highest Pay
September 3, 2010, 5:45 am
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September 3, 2010, 5:22 am
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Another Oil and Gas Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico Renews Calls for Offshore Drilling Ban
September 3, 2010, 5:09 am
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Headlines for September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010, 5:00 am
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Alexander Zaitchik on "Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance"
September 2, 2010, 5:46 am
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Appeals Court Ruling Allows Government to Use GPS to Track People's Moves
September 2, 2010, 5:35 am
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After Years of Organizing, Domestic Workers Win Bill of Rights Law in New York
September 2, 2010, 5:26 am
New York Governor David Paterson has signed into law a measure establishing a landmark set of working standards for housekeepers, nannies and other domestic workers. With the signing of the Domestic W... (Read more)
As Pakistan Floods Continue Moving South, Calls for Debt Cancellation Grow
September 2, 2010, 5:11 am
In Pakistan, torrential rains a month ago that triggered unprecedented floods have moved steadily from north to south, engulfing a fifth of the country. Seventeen million people have been affected, an... (Read more)
Headlines for September 2, 2010
September 2, 2010, 5:00 am
Palestinians: Obama Vows to "Stop the Settlements", Biden Marks Nominal End to US Combat Operations in Iraq, Over 60 Killed in Pakistan Air Strikes, Justice Dept. Charges Mehsud with CIA Bombing in Af... (Read more)
"Security for Everyone, Not Just Settlers and Occupiers" - Ali Abunimah on Opening of US-Brokered Mideast Peace Talks
September 1, 2010, 5:50 am
US-brokered talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority begin today in Washington. Both sides agreed to sit down last month after the US successfully pressured Palestinian leaders to drop their... (Read more)
Invisible War: How Thirteen Years of US-Imposed Economic Sanctions Devastated Iraq Before the 2003 Invasion
September 1, 2010, 5:35 am
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Withdrawal or Enduring Presence? US Military Continues to Invest Hundreds of Millions in Iraq Bases
September 1, 2010, 5:29 am
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"Iraq Is a Shattered Country" - Nir Rosen on Obama Declaring an End to US Combat Mission in Iraq
September 1, 2010, 5:11 am
President Obama declared an end to the combat mission in Iraq Tuesday night in the second Oval Office address of his presidency. Although tens of thousands of US troops, special operations forces and ... (Read more)
Headlines for September 1, 2010
September 1, 2010, 5:00 am
Obama Declares End to US Combat Operations in Iraq, 4 Israeli Settlers Killed on Eve of Mideast Talks, Study: CEOs Who Fired Most Workers Earned Highest Pay, Bank Profits Soar, But Lending Drops, Murk... (Read more)
Slain Latino Journalist Rubén Salazar, Killed 40 Years Ago in Police Attack, Remembered as Champion of Chicano Rights
August 31, 2010, 5:22 am
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Draft UN Report Accuses Rwandan Troops of Committing Genocide in the Congo
August 31, 2010, 5:10 am
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Headlines for August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010, 5:00 am
Obama to Declare End to Combat Operations in Iraq, UN: Iraq Still Faces Humanitarian Crisis, Gibbs: US Is Increasing Fight Against al-Qaeda in Africa and Southeast Asia, Obama Administration Sued over... (Read more)
Displaced New Orleans Poet Sunni Patterson: I Will Be a "Cultural Ambassador to Bring a Light to Every Injustice"
August 30, 2010, 5:50 am
We go to New Orleans to speak with poet and performer Sunni Patterson. She's from the Lower Ninth Ward, but like thousands of the city's residents has been forced to live outside and is now based in H... (Read more)
Community & Resistance After Katrina: Jordan Flaherty and Tracie Washington on the Fight to Save New Orleans
August 30, 2010, 5:31 am
President Obama visited New Orleans on Sunday and praised the recovery of the city and the resilience of its people five years after Hurricane Katrina. We talk to lifelong New Orleans resident and civ... (Read more)
Remembering Hurricane Katrina: Voices from the Storm
August 30, 2010, 5:25 am
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"The Big Uneasy" - In New Doc, Harry Shearer Makes the Case that Katrina Was an Unnatural Disaster
August 30, 2010, 5:10 am
On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a new documentary, The Big Uneasy, argues that the destruction of New Orleans was an unnatural disaster and how it could have been prevented. We s... (Read more)
Headlines for August 30, 2010
August 30, 2010, 5:00 am
Fire Set at Site of Future Mosque in Tennessee, Mexican Mayor Killed in Border State, FDA to Begin Inspections of Factory Egg Farms, UN Report Accuses Rwandan Troops of Committing Genocide in the Cong... (Read more)
EXCLUSIVE...Zeitoun: How a Hero in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina Was Arrested, Labeled a Terrorist and Imprisoned
August 27, 2010, 5:10 am
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Headlines for August 27, 2010
August 27, 2010, 5:00 am
UN: Over 1 Million Pakistanis Displaced in 2 Days, Report: Many Afghan Officials on CIA Payroll, Security Council Voices Concern on Congo Rapes, In Cuba, Richardson Claims Progress on Jailed US Contra... (Read more)
UN Slow to Respond to Gang Rape of Almost 200 Women in the Congo
August 26, 2010, 5:50 am
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Eve Ensler Reads "Congo Cancer: My Cancer Is Arbitrary. Congo's Atrocities Are Very Deliberate"
August 26, 2010, 5:43 am
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Swimming Upstream: Eve Ensler Marks Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Performances of New Play
August 26, 2010, 5:18 am
The award-winning playwright Eve Ensler plans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by staging performances of her new work Swimming Upstream in New Orleans and New York City. The ... (Read more)
Colleague of NYC Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack Describes What Happened
August 26, 2010, 5:13 am
A New York City taxi driver was stabbed multiple times Tuesday after a drunken passenger determined he is a Muslim. The victim, Ahmed Sharif, was slashed across his face, neck and hands. Sharif says t... (Read more)
Headlines for August 26, 2010
August 26, 2010, 5:00 am
Over 50 Killed in Iraq Violence, Report: Corruption-Linked Afghan Official on CIA Payroll, New York Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack, Religious, Civic Groups Form NY Coalition to Back Islamic... (Read more)
Shirley Sherrod, Ousted from Agriculture Department, Rejects Offer to Return
August 25, 2010, 5:48 am
Shirley Sherrod, ousted from her job at the Agriculture Department last month, has rejected an offer to return to the USDA. Sherrod was forced out shortly after a right-wing website ran a video clip t... (Read more)
_The New Yorker:_ Billionaire Brothers Charles & David Koch Have Quietly Given More Than $100 Million to Right-Wing Causes
August 25, 2010, 5:32 am
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As Five States Hold Primaries, a Look at the Role of Money in Politics
August 25, 2010, 5:21 am
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Judge Rejects Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis's Innocence Claim
August 25, 2010, 5:10 am
A federal judge in Georgia has rejected death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis's claims of innocence. Last year the Supreme Court took the unusual step of ordering a district court in Georgia to hold a... (Read more)
Headlines for August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010, 5:00 am
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Judge Blocks Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
August 24, 2010, 5:53 am
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Report: Global Food Security and Sovereignty Threatened by Corporate and Government "Land Grabs" in Poor Countries
August 24, 2010, 5:45 am
Since the food crisis of 2008, food justice activists have warned that governments in concert with multinational corporations have accelerated a worldwide "land grab" to buy up vast swaths of arable l... (Read more)
David Kirby on "The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy and Poultry Farms on Humans and the Environment"
August 24, 2010, 5:23 am
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Largest Egg Recall in US History Brings Renewed Attention to Dangers of Industrial Farming
August 24, 2010, 5:09 am
The largest egg recall in US history is bringing renewed attention to the dangers of factory farming and to growing consolidation in the industries responsible for the food many Americans eat. Over ha... (Read more)
Headlines for August 24, 2010
August 24, 2010, 5:00 am
Senators McCain, Murkowski Face Primary Challenges, Judge Blocks Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research, One Million Pakistanis Face Starvation in Balochistan, Relief Agencies Blocked from U... (Read more)
Fishing Industry in Gulf Still Worried About Levels of Toxins in the Water and the Impact on Marine Life
August 23, 2010, 5:49 am
The Obama administration announced last week that it is safe to eat fish and shrimp caught in the 78 percent of federal waters in the Gulf that are now reopened to fishing. But many are still concerne... (Read more)
Scientist Accuses Obama Administration and BP of Underestimating Amount of Oil Left in Gulf of Mexico
August 23, 2010, 5:29 am
New evidence has badly shaken the Obama administration's rosy narrative about the alleged disappearance of most of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well. Early this mont... (Read more)
Exclusive: US Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds
August 23, 2010, 5:12 am
Twenty-five-year-old American journalist Jake Hess was arrested in Turkey nearly two weeks ago and deported back to the United States over the weekend. Turkey accused him of allegedly having ties with... (Read more)
Headlines for August 23, 2010
August 23, 2010, 5:00 am
UN: Lack of International Support for Pakistan Is "Quite Extraordinary", US Drone Strike Killed Six in Pakistan, Israeli and Palestinian Authority Agree to Direct Talks, Sweden Drops Rape Charges Agai... (Read more)
Debate: Is DREAM Act a Solution for Millions of Undocumented Youth or a Funnel for Military Recruitment?
August 20, 2010, 5:42 am
The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act -- DREAM -- would allow undocumented young people a chance at citizenship provided they attend college for at least two years or enlist in th... (Read more)
Iraq War Vet Camilo Mejía: US Withdrawal Plan Marks "Privatization of Military Occupation"
August 20, 2010, 5:36 am
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejía, the first US combat veteran to publicly resist the war, joins us to give his reaction to the so-called US withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq. Mejía served six months ... (Read more)
Obama Admin Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name
August 20, 2010, 5:14 am
The Obama administration says the last combat brigades have left Iraq. Is this the end of the Iraq war or just a rebranding of the US occupation? More than 50,000 troops remain in Iraq as well as 4,50... (Read more)
Headlines for August 20, 2010
August 20, 2010, 5:00 am
UNICEF: Aid Appeal Inadequate to Address Pakistan's Growing Crisis, Global Donations for Pakistan Lag Compared to Recent Disasters, Scientists Confirm Gulf Oil Plume, Dispute White House Claims, BP De... (Read more)
Filipina American Torture, Abduction Survivor Melissa Roxas: Graphic Torture Video a Rare Glimpse into Widespread Abuses in the Philippines
August 19, 2010, 5:49 am
Graphic footage of a man being tortured by police has sparked widespread public outrage in the Philippines and a government probe. The graphic cell phone video shows a man lying naked and bloody on th... (Read more)
Obama Signs $600M Bill to Increase Militarization of US-Mexico Border
August 19, 2010, 5:35 am
President Obama has signed into law a $600 million bill to deploy some 1,500 new Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officials along the border, as well as two aerial surveillance drones. The bil... (Read more)
With 28,000 Killed Since 2006, Movement for Drug Legalization in Mexico Takes Hold
August 19, 2010, 5:22 am
The Mexican government's policy against drug trafficking over the past few years has been to increasingly militarize the conflict with the only tangible result being a skyrocketing death toll. Now a g... (Read more)
US Activist Lori Berenson and Baby Son Returned to Peruvian Prison Just 3 Months After Release on Parole
August 19, 2010, 5:10 am
The US activist Lori Berenson has been sent back to a Peruvian prison just three months after she was freed on parole. Berenson had served nearly fifteen years following her 1996 conviction for collab... (Read more)
Headlines for August 19, 2010
August 19, 2010, 5:00 am
US Withdraws Last Combat Brigade from Iraq, But 56,000 Troops Remain, Hundreds Protest Deadly US Raid in Afghanistan, US: Afghan Ban on Armed Contractors Could Threaten Aid, US Boosts Pakistan Aid to ... (Read more)
As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing NY Islamic Community Center, a Roundtable Discussion with Mother of 9/11 Victim, Rabbi, Muslim Lawmaker and Islamic Scholar
August 18, 2010, 5:08 am
We spend the hour on the controversy around the proposed construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, which has turned into a national issue. Opposition to the center first started ... (Read more)
Headlines for August 18, 2010
August 18, 2010, 5:00 am
UN: 40% of Pakistan Aid Appeal Received, Haiti Reconstruction Commission Approves $1.6B for Rebuilding Projects, France Rejects Call to Repay Haiti "Independence Debt", Colombian Court: US Military Ba... (Read more)
France Urged to Pay $40 Billion to Haiti in Reparations for "Independence Debt"
August 17, 2010, 5:44 am
According to the UN-sponsored Haiti Reconstruction Fund, only two countries -- Brazil and Estonia -- have fully paid the pledged amount. The United States, France, Canada and many others have failed t... (Read more)
Thousands of Haitians Face Risk of Forcible Evictions from Temporary Camps
August 17, 2010, 5:29 am
It's been over seven months since Haiti's devastating earthquake left up to 300,000 dead and displaced over 1.5 million. Only a small fraction of the displaced have found new homes, and those who've f... (Read more)
UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes: The Magnitude of the Pakistan Floods Is Unprecedented
August 17, 2010, 5:11 am
The United Nations is warning millions of Pakistanis are at risk of deadly waterborne diseases more than two weeks since Pakistan's worst-ever flooding began. The World Health Organization says around... (Read more)
Headlines for August 17, 2010
August 17, 2010, 5:00 am
Same-Sex Marriages Put on Hold in California, Sen. Reid Opposes Mosque in Lower Manhattan, At Least 50 Die in Suicide Bombing in Baghdad, Number of Troops Killed Under Obama in Afghanistan to Surpass ... (Read more)
Filmmakers, Activists Try to Save Dolphins from Slaughter in Oscar-Winning Doc _The Cove_
August 16, 2010, 5:30 am
The Academy Award-winning film The Cove opened last month in Japan after months of protests by right-wing activists who had pressured some cinemas into canceling screenings. The film documents ... (Read more)
Journalist Exposes How Private Investigation Firm Hired by Chevron Tried to Recruit Her as a Spy to Undermine $27B Suit in Ecuadorian Amazon
August 16, 2010, 5:12 am
An exposé in The Atlantic magazine reveals how one of the world's largest private investigation firms, Kroll, hired by oil giant Chevron, tried to recruit an American journalist to undermine a... (Read more)
Headlines for August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010, 5:00 am
UN Chief: Pakistan Is Worst Disaster I've Ever Witnessed, Gen: Petraeus Hints Scheduled Afghan Withdrawal Could Be Postponed, Karzai Reportedly Orders All Private Security Firms to Disband, Shadow War... (Read more)
After Over Four Decades, Justice Still Eludes Family of 3 Civil Rights Workers Slain in Mississippi Burning Killings
August 13, 2010, 5:14 am
As the Justice Department announces it has closed nearly half of its investigations into unresolved killings from the civil rights era, we look back at the 1964 murders of civil rights workers James C... (Read more)
Headlines for August 13, 2010
August 13, 2010, 5:00 am
Prop 8 Backers Given 6 Days to Block Resumption of Gay Marriages, Poll: Most Americans Back Same-Sex Marriage, Jobless Claims Reach Six-Month High; Foreclosures Rise 9%, Report: Wall St. Bonuses to In... (Read more)
"Gaming the System": Study Details How Big Banks Are Avoiding Lending Obligations Under Community Reinvestment Act
August 12, 2010, 5:51 am
A new report from National People's Action shows how big banks have been able to wiggle around their obligations under the Community Reinvestment Act. The act was passed in 1977 to stop the redlining ... (Read more)
"I Fear for My Country": Muslim Leader Daisy Khan on Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque and Others Nationwide
August 12, 2010, 5:29 am
Debate is intensifying over the planned construction of an Islamic center and mosque two blocks from New York's Ground Zero. But it is not just a local issue. Across the country, Muslim groups are fac... (Read more)
As Gibbs Attacks Progressive Critics, ACLU Says Obama White House Enshrining Bush-Era Policies
August 12, 2010, 5:12 am
As White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs attacks progressives for comparing President Obama's polices to George W. Bush's, we look at a new ACLU report on how the Obama administration is permanentl... (Read more)
Headlines for August 12, 2010
August 12, 2010, 5:00 am
UN Warns of More Pakistan Deaths Unless Aid Reaches Flooded Areas, US Denied Helicopters for Pakistan Relief Effort Due to Afghan War, Military Officials to Push for Delayed Afghan Withdrawal, Top Ira... (Read more)
Legendary Activist Dolores Huerta Celebrates 80th Birthday with Call for "Weaving Movements Together"
August 11, 2010, 5:47 am
The legendary activist Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America with César Chávez, is celebrating her eightieth birthday this year. A veteran of the labor, civil rights, immi... (Read more)
David Sirota: Democratic Party Establishment Helps Defeat Progressive Challenger in Colorado Primary
August 11, 2010, 5:37 am
Statewide primaries were held Tuesday in four states. In Colorado, a record turnout saw Senator Michael Bennet beating out progressive challenger Andrew Romanoff in the state's Democratic Senate prima... (Read more)
Gagged for 6 Years, Nick Merrill Speaks Out on Landmark Court Struggle Against FBI's National Security Letters
August 11, 2010, 5:14 am
For six years, the FBI has barred a New York man from revealing that the agency had ordered him to hand over personal information about clients of his internet start-up. Finally allowed to speak, Nick... (Read more)
Headlines for August 11, 2010
August 11, 2010, 5:00 am
Pakistan Evacuations Continue as Groups Urge Global Aid, Toll in China Flooding Doubles to 700, Primaries Held in 4 States, Obama Signs State Aid Bill After Dems Cut $12B in Food Stamp Funding, Storm ... (Read more)
Latin American Historian Greg Grandin on Colombia After Álvaro Uribe
August 10, 2010, 5:50 am
Colombia and Venezuela are expected to reestablish trade and diplomatic ties after their leaders meet today to defuse a simmering crisis. Colombia's new president Juan Manuel Santos, who was inaugurat... (Read more)
Bolivian UN Ambassador: Despite Extreme Weather, US and Other Developed Countries Failing to Make Serious Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
August 10, 2010, 5:27 am
Even as the world faces a series of extreme weather events that scientists warn is related to global warming, international climate negotiations are moving at a glacial pace. The latest round of clima... (Read more)
Meterologist: Record Heat Wave in Russia Could Kill Tens of Thousands
August 10, 2010, 5:13 am
Wildfires across Russia. Devastating floods in Pakistan. Deadly landslides and flash floods in India and China. Heat wave across the United States. Severe drought in Niger. Taken together, scientists ... (Read more)
Headlines for August 10, 2010
August 10, 2010, 5:00 am
UN: 13 Million People Affected by Floods in Pakistan, Google and Verizon Propose Two-Tiered Internet System, Gates Outlines Pentagon Budget Cuts, UN: Civilian Casualties Jump 31% in Afghanistan in 201... (Read more)
Historian Tony Judt, 62, Dies After Battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease
August 9, 2010, 5:51 am
Widely regarded as one of the most important historians of contemporary Europe, Tony Judt died on Friday, two years after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. Judt is perhaps most controversial ... (Read more)
Nagasaki 65 Years Later: A Look Back at the Censored Dispatches of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist George Weller
August 9, 2010, 5:43 am
Today, we remember the US bombing of Nagasaki through the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Weller, the first reporter to enter Nagasaki, defying General MacArthur’s ban on the press... (Read more)
Rwanda Holds Presidential Election Amid Crackdown on Opposition Candidates
August 9, 2010, 5:30 am
In the central African nation of Rwanda, voting is underway in the second presidential election since the genocide of 1994. Incumbent president Paul Kagame is widely expected to win, but the election ... (Read more)
Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan's Devastating Floods Are President Zardari's Katrina
August 9, 2010, 5:11 am
Pakistan's government is facing rising national anger as the devastating floods along the Indus River show little sign of abating. Some 1,600 people have died, and upwards of six million people are di... (Read more)
Headlines for August 9, 2010
August 9, 2010, 5:00 am
10 Medical Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan, 1,325 Afghan Civilians Killed So Far This Year, 131,000 Jobs Lost in July; Unemployment Rate Remains at 9.5%, Romer Resigns as Obama's Chief Economist, Ka... (Read more)
US Attending Hiroshima Memorial "Enormously Important," Says Robert Jay Lifton
August 6, 2010, 5:51 am
Sixty-five years ago today, the United States dropped a bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. An estimated 140,000 people died immediately or succumbed to burns and radiation ... (Read more)
With Military Suicides on the Rise, Parents of Two Soldiers Who Took Their Own Lives Say Obama's Words Ring Hollow
August 6, 2010, 5:26 am
A new US Army report finds the rate of suicide by soldiers in the Army has risen above the civilian rate for the first time since Vietnam. We talk to the parents of two soldiers who committed suicide:... (Read more)
Verizon & Google Enter Reported Deal for Tiered Internet Use, Is Net Neutrality in Jeopardy?
August 6, 2010, 5:13 am
The internet and telecom giants Verizon and Google have reportedly reached an agreement to impose a tiered system for accessing the internet. The deal would enable Verizon to charge for quicker access... (Read more)
Headlines for August 6, 2010
August 6, 2010, 5:00 am
Pakistan Flooding Devastates New Areas, Afghan Civilians Killed in NATO Attack, Pentagon Demands WikiLeaks Return Afghan War Docs, Activists to Hold Rally for Accused Military Whistleblower, Sealing o... (Read more)
EXCLUSIVE...Emily Henochowicz Speaks Out: Art Student Who Lost Her Eye After Being Shot by Israeli Tear Gas Canister in West Bank Protest Discusses Her Life, Her Art, and Why She Plans to Return
August 5, 2010, 5:34 am
Today, a Democracy Now! global broadcast exclusive interview with Emily Henochowicz. She's the twenty-one-year-old American art student who lost her eye in May after being shot in the face by a... (Read more)
Federal Judge Strikes Down California Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Major Victory for Gay Rights Advocates
August 5, 2010, 5:10 am
A federal judge struck down Proposition 8, the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages, on Wednesday. In his ruling, US District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker wrote, "Proposition 8 fails to... (Read more)
Headlines for August 5, 2010
August 5, 2010, 5:00 am
Federal Judge Strikes Down California Gay Marriage Ban, Scientists Challenge Admin Claims on Oil Spill Cleanup, Transocean Found Safety Flaws at Gulf Rigs, Senate Advances State Aid Measure, Verizon, ... (Read more)
Antonia Juhasz: BP's "Missing Oil" Washes Up in St. Mary's Parish, LA
August 4, 2010, 5:52 am
We speak with independent journalist Antonia Juhasz, who is just back from Louisiana, where she found what she calls some of BP's "missing oil" on the wetlands and beaches along the waterways near St.... (Read more)
Environmental Activist Jerry Cope on "The Crime of the Century: What BP and US Government Don't Want You to Know"
August 4, 2010, 5:41 am
Environmental activist Jerry Cope has spent the last few weeks traveling along the Gulf Coast and experiencing firsthand the contamination in the air and water. In an article being published on Huf... (Read more)
"I Have No Regret to Anybody in the Military. This Is Clearly a Failure of Our Government" - Iraq War Vet Dan Choi Discharged Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
August 4, 2010, 5:09 am
“As we mark the end of America’s combat mission in Iraq,” President Barack Obama said this week, “a grateful America must pay tribute to all who served there.” He should have added “unless... (Read more)
Headlines for August 4, 2010
August 4, 2010, 5:00 am
BP Claims Progress in Sealing Well, Worker Kills 8, Self at Conn. Warehouse, Senate Opens Debate on Kagan Nomination, Toll from Pakistan Flooding Tops 1,500, 17 Killed in Iraq Attacks, New York Clears... (Read more)