Articles Tagged with: immigration

Coming Out Rally: Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic
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Coming Out Rally: Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic

Chicago youth have led the nation in writing the new rules of rebellion. Since 2006, local undocumented youth have fueled the national struggle for comprehensive…

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CONTEST: Fill in the Blank-sy
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CONTEST: Fill in the Blank-sy

We’re enlisting the fine folk from the Remezcla network to fill the concrete void that Banksy’s stolen kite-flying immigrant family has left. We present Fill…

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iStupid: The Smuggle Truck Immigration iPhone App
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iStupid: The Smuggle Truck Immigration iPhone App

How fine is the “interactive satire” line? Tech company Owlchemy Labs is launching iPhone app “Smuggle Truck: Immigration Operation,” featuring immigrant cartoons and pick-up trucks. Um……

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Join Nearby SB 1070 Arizona Protests and Rallies
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Join Nearby SB 1070 Arizona Protests and Rallies

Join the SB 1070 Arizona struggle by protesting in New York, LA, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, and at the heart of it all, Arizona.

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May Day March
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May Day March

We’re all a little PO’ed about Arizona’s new immigration law, aka legalized racial profiling. This May Day, take it to the streets and march against the passage…

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Salsation Presents The Brown Supremacy
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Salsation Presents The Brown Supremacy

Do you really think George Lopez is the only funny Latino out there? The only answer is “NO WAY, JOSÉ!” Take the Salsation troupe, for…

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Florecita Poderosa at Viva Chicago
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Florecita Poderosa at Viva Chicago

Aterciopelados is performing at Viva on behalf of Amnesty International and we got a chance to chat with Andrea about her activism.

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Sin Nombre
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Sin Nombre

We gushed about the Sundance award-winning film Sin Nombre a few months ago, and now the film is finally playing in Chicago at Landmark Century…

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Sin Nombre
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Sin Nombre

Cary Fukanaga’s debut is a beautifully shot, but unromanticized look at immigration, gang violence, and poverty in Central America.

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Voting Young, Voting Latino
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Voting Young, Voting Latino

Whether Barack Obama or John McCain is inaugurated next year, the future leader will take over a dire situation. Specifically, a country where 6.1 percent…

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Chutes and Ladders Deportation Style
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Chutes and Ladders Deportation Style

Immigration is the rocket science of our day. No one quite gets what anything means in the complicated “path toward legalization” unless of course, you…

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Obama and McCain: Where They Stand on Latino Issues
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Obama and McCain: Where They Stand on Latino Issues

By now, we’ve probably all seen Barack Obama’s mariachi video or noticed John McCain’s photo ops with Mexican president Felipe Calderón.
But, of course, we…

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Coke Zero Immigration Ad
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Coke Zero Immigration Ad

Last night on prime time TV I saw this commercial for the first time, apparently it’s only one in a series of conversations between different…

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Paraiso Redux
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Paraiso Redux

A lot of Latin American countries are considered “paradise:” gorgeous beaches, exquisite cuisines, kind people, cheap clothes, sporting events that become passionate social phenomena, historical…

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La Misma Luna
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La Misma Luna

It’s almost impossible not to like La Misma Luna, the heartstring-plucking story of Carlitos, a clever little Mexican boy who crosses the border alone to…

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