immigrant rights
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Anti-immigrant ‘English-only’ proposals reach metropolitan areas
"English-only" proposals—restricting the use of languages other than English in government paperwork and signs—have passed in small cities and towns…
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Striking janitors win contract in Houston
On Nov. 20, 5,300 Houston janitors won a contract battle against five large cleaning companies. Janitors waged a month-long, militant…
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Immigrant workers reinstated at Smithfield
On Nov. 16, over 1,000 North Carolina meat packers stopped work and walked out of the largest pork processing plant…
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Smithfield workers walk out to protest racist intimidation
In the latest development in the workers’ struggle against Smithfield Packing Company—one of the wealthiest meat producers in the world—1,000…
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New U.S. policy denies health care to immigrant children
A new federal policy makes the children of undocumented immigrants ineligible to automatically qualify for Medicaid. Immigrant parents will have…
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Houston janitors continue strike, target corporate property owners
On Oct. 23, 5,300 Houston janitors went on strike against five cleaning companies—ABM, OneSource, GCA, Sanitors and Prichard. These low-paid,…
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Socialism Conference to take place in Los Angeles
This Saturday, Nov. 11, the Los Angeles branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation will hold its third annual…
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Minutemen racists must be challenged at Columbia University and everywhere
The writer is the political chair of Columbia University’s Chicano Caucus. She spoke at the Socialism Conference in Los Angeles…
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Racist and fascist groups are not welcome!
On October 4, Columbia University’s College Republicans invited Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist to speak on campus. The invitation generated…
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Immigrants sue racist Arizona attorney general for seizing funds
Javier Torres, a truck driver from Burbank, Ill., a Chicago suburb, bought a car for $1,000 from a friend in…
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