Arizona

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>PHOENIX, Ariz.</strong> – Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide in Arizona are claiming victory following Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on the state’s immigration law known as SB 1070.</p>

Supreme Court Immigration Ruling strips 50 million Chicanos/Latinos of Rights!

Immigration or a Historical Labor Issue?

Commentary:
By Herman Baca
President Committee on Chicano Rights

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<p>Se acabó mayo y quienes están interesados en el tema migratorio esperan con ansia cuál será el veredicto de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, en junio, acerca de la ley SB 1070 de Arizona, que permite los arrestos por sospechas de no tener papeles y criminaliza a los indocumentados.</p>
<p>¿Decidirá la Corte qué la legislación migratoria es una prerrogativa del gobierno federal? o determinará ¿qué los estados tienen la facultad de producir sus propias leyes inmigración?</p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>PHOENIX</strong> – Latino activists in Arizona lauded the news that the Department of Justice was filing a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for alleged civil rights violations.</p>

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<p>I recently relented to pressure of a former student to go on Facebook. He persuaded on its usefulness as an organizing tool. Once I got on FB I could see that I could not break my classroom habits and I feared that I would come across as too peachy.</p>

Democratic Party’s Abandonment of the Core

Commentary:
By Rodolfo F. Acuña

The fitness exercise pilates, from my limited understanding of the exercise method, works on the principle of developing “a strong core or center (tones abdominals while strengthening the back), and improving coordination and balance.” The principle fascinates me because it can be applied to almost any endeavor.

In Arizona, a state notorious for how their officials treat undocumented immigrants, set a precedent that shocked those who thought they were above the law and shocked those that thought justice didn’t exist in the state.

Three lawyers who were considered by many as the legal hit mob of Sheriff Joe Arpaio weredisciplined by a three-member panel appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court. Two lost their licenses to practice law and a third was suspended for six months.