In an American Political Science Association conference paper, Yale scholar Navid Hassanpour argues that shutting down the internet made it difficult to sustain a centralized revolution in Egypt. He argues that a shut down of the decentralized internet facilitated the growth and development of smaller revolutionary uprisings locally, where in-the-flesh…
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From Restorefairness.org: Early one morning, Maria—then nine months pregnant—and her family were stopped by the police for no discernible reason. A special breakfast outing became a nightmare—and at one of the most intimate moments of her life, Maria found a team of immigration agents—not her husband—by her side. Maria’s chilling…
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From The Global Post: Canadian officials say the number of Americans applying for temporary work visas doubled between 2008 and 2010. Immigration lawyers in Toronto and the border city of Windsor, right across from job-starved Detroit, say they’re seeing a dramatic growth in clients seeking to come to Canada to…
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The only woman of color on the Supreme Court, Justice Sotomayor, is the only sitting justice on the Court with negative net worth, further illustrating how the racial wealth gap operates at all levels. Ginsburg and Breyer are the wealthiest judges on the Court. From The Center for Responsive Politics:…
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From Workplace Prof. Blog: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the grant of a preliminary injunction yesterday against the State of Arizona, requiring it to continue to provide workers in same sex intimate relationships the employee benefits provided to employees in opposite sex intimate relationships. The decision, Diaz v. Brewer, blocks a…
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Cross-Posted from Criminal Injustice Kos:† † Criminal InJustice Kos is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy Heitzeg (aka Soothsayer99 of DK), Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CIK. Criminal InJustice Kos is published every Wednesday at 6…
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Kasama Project has published an excellent and thought-provoking position paper from One Struggle regarding the construction of social justice mass movements. An excerpt: Mass movements can not be conjured from thin air or willed into being, no matter how correct our ideas or determined our hearts. They arise in response…
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According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Latinos comprise the new majority of those sentenced to federal prison during the first three quarters of 2011. Felony immigration crimes accounted for most of the increase. Latinos comprise about 16 percent of the U.S. population. From Immigration Prof Blog: [A] new government report…
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