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Uncertainty for Immigrant Children in Foster Care
In a story at America’s Wire, Marjorie Valbrun depicts the inexorable, agonizing fate of more than 5,000 children of immigrants who are languishing in state foster care because their parents were living in the United States illegally and were detained or deported by federal immigration authorities. … These children can spend years in foster homes,…
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2 Years After Haiti Earthquake, Praise Becomes Resentment
In a blog entry at iWatch News, Marjorie Valbrun investigates life in Haiti two years after a devastating earthquake ripped through the city’s capital. She says that residents have become resentful of relief groups because their lives have not improved, and many are demanding an accounting of how aid money is being spent. The humanitarian…
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Widespread Bias Continues in 'Postracial' U.S.
Majorie Valbrun at America’s Wire explores postracial America in a story that quotes social psychologists and experts on race relations, who say that structural racism is alive and well. WASHINGTON — Recent public opinion polls show that more whites than African-Americans believe that the United States has entered a “post-racial” era in which racial bias doesn’t…
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Haiti Made Me Do It
Journalists who have reported from Haiti know that it’s not an assignment for the weak of heart. Parts of the country — particularly the capital, Port-au-Prince — are tough places to work and even tougher places to live. This is especially true for poor Haitians who were made homeless by the earthquake last year, who…
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How Haitians Keep It Moving Despite All Odds
Haitians in Haiti and expatriates around the world recently marked the first anniversary of the earthquake that wrecked millions of lives and destroyed their country’s capital. From Port-au-Prince to Paris, from Montreal to Miami, Haitians mostly observed the day with prayer. They went to church and attended memorial Masses and other religious services to remember…
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Miami's Continuing Color Problem
When I left Miami in 1992, headed for a new job in Philadelphia, the wind was figuratively, if not literally, at my back. It was just days after Hurricane Andrew, the fourth-strongest hurricane to strike the U.S., badly pummeled south Florida and left a trail of destruction in its wake. I was not just fleeing…
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Dear Wyclef: Please Don't Run!
Dear Wyclef,It pains me to have to tell you this — especially in public. Particularly because it goes to the heart of someplace and something we both care deeply about. But I have to, because as much as I love you, I love Haiti more — so much so that I’m unwilling to put her…
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Police Chiefs Want No Part of Arizona's Immigration Law
Police chiefs from across the country who met recently with Attorney General Eric Holder have made no secret of their opposition to Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. They also have not been shy about their desire to see the Obama administration, not state legislatures, take the lead on enforcing federal immigration laws. The chiefs…
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Michael Steele's Glass House
The real question Americans are asking is, “What has President Obama actually accomplished?”… It is unfortunate that the president’s star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. One thing is certain — President Obama won’t be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility,…
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Race
“I don’t want our schools turned over to some socialist movement,” Brett Curtis, a parent in Texas told the New York Times last week. He said he would keep his three children home from school rather than have them listen to President Barack Obama’s speech to the nation’s school children. Jim Greer, the Republican Party…
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