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Undocumented students speak out in support of DREAM Act
From the Houston Chronicle
Wendy Ramirez said she was first inspired to pursue a medical degree when her father was paralyzed after a drunken driver hit him when she was a child. But before graduating from high school, she was initially discouraged by a counselor for a reason most students don't deal with, but eventually gained...
Minority Births Are New Majority
From the Wall Street Journal
For the first time in U.S. history, whites of European ancestry account for less than half of newborn children, marking a demographic tipping point that is already changing the nation's politics, economy and workforce. Among the roughly four million children born in the U.S. between July 2010 and July 2011, 50.4%...
Tell the NRA: Condemn Trayvon Gun Range Targets
From Change Nation
An anonymous retailer has created gun targets resembling the hoodie Trayvon Martin was wearing when he was tragically gunned down. This disgusting act is purely motivated by greed, and is intended to make money off of a senseless crime against a young, black man. Sign our petition and call on the NRA to publicly condemn...
3 questions people of color should ask themselves in the midst of a firestorm
In the outcry over the killing of Trayvon Martin, advocates and the media initially fit this case to our old modes of seeing race and racism in Black/White terms. But as the details came out about Zimmerman’s mixed/Peruvian heritage, and his father issued a letter calling George a “Spanish speaking minority...
You can hear the awe and disbelief in the now infamous and chilling 911 calls from residents of Sanford, FL. In essence, they capture the moments in which a 17 year old black teenager, Trayvon Martin, was assassinated. And the gunman, George Zimmerman, has not even been arrested.
Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” Law says a citizen doesn’t have to retreat before...
