Louise Benally, Navajo resisting relocation at Big Mountain on the Navajo Nation, joined students protesting outside the board meeting.
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Tucson schools seize Chicano, Native books from classrooms
High school students from the now-forbidden Mexican American Studies classes in Tucson spoke out during Martin Luther King Day on Monday, protesting the school board and state of Arizona's decision to ban their classes and their culture.
Describing the seizure of books from his classrooms, one student said it was an attempt to "take away our power."
"Knowledge is power," he said, describing how education and knowledge form beliefs and, "who we are." He said school officials entered his ...
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African-Americans, Latinos could lose voting rights
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) warns that African-American and Hispanic-Americans could lose their voting rights. The largest civil rights group in the US, the NAACP, has sent a petition to the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner on Human Rights ... |
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Will Migrants matter in the Mexican election?
The clock is ticking as the registration deadline fast approaches for Mexican expatriates to vote in their country of origin’s presidential election this year. Although Mexican election officials are confident a late rush of applications will mean greater absentee participation than in the 2006 ... |
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DPS: $4.8 million to improve college-readiness
Denver Public Schools has been awarded a seven-year grant from the US Department of Education’s Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to support and improve college-readiness programs for students who attend schools in the Northwest Denver community. The $4.8 ... |
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Shocking abuses by US Border Patrol agents revealed
The rampant abuse by US Border Patrol agents is documented in a new report, “A Culture of Cruelty: Abuse and Impunity in Short-Term US Border Patrol Custody,” by the Tucson-based humanitarian organization No More Deaths.
The report reveals that US Border Patrol agents are out of control and ... |
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