This is a phenomenal video of the immigrant rights community in southern Arizona & their battle last summer against Governor Jan Brewer's draconian legislation regime....

It's comforting to know that at least some Republicans are standing up to the newly-established orthodoxy, as Daniels here shows by calling for a "truce" in the culture wars so that government can deal with the financial crises we are all facing....

Rick Scott says that he's going to focus on jobs, education, and the rule of law; but Gary Borders is running Lake County like his own personal mafia! And the governor is instead involved in promoting an Arizona SB1070-copycat bill - I guess that's his definition of rule of law!

The Center for American Progress' latest study outlines the local measures, the legal battles, & the costs of the growing backlash against Hispanic immigrants, one "driven by fear, economic uncertainty, and cultural differences" in certain small towns of New Jersey, Nebraska, Pen …

A rundown on the follow-ups to the Mississippi move this week....

Here come the states!

"Count to ten; & take a deep breath!"

Another brilliant piece on the rising anti-immigrant states-rights extremists being accepted into the mainstream discourse of American politics just as they are being elected into the mainstream offices of American jurisprudence (however unprudently) leaves me wondering if the Ut …

The most reactionary conservatives, many of them clutching unread copies of U.S.

A federal judge has halted the most controversial elements of Arizona's new immigration law, which had been scheduled to take effect at midnight.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown.

This morning, the white supremacist political party American Third Position (A3P) proudly announced its donation to the fund recently established by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to defend that state's controversial new immigration law.

There was a funny smell to the way Arizona's police-state immigration law was passed -- especially the way factions with ties to white supremacists whipped up the phantom menace of a wave of crime associated with illegal immigration, focusing on the still-unsolved murder of a bor …

In this modern age of lobbyists and the cattle-consumer mentality, we often find ourselves struggling to voice our concerns over how our world is managed. There are few tools with which we can wage war against corporate culture; we can vote, we can protest, and we can boycott.

It seems as though nearly every person I debate (or argue with) in regards to Arizona's immigration law is under the bizarre impression that by protesting the law's passage, I'm somehow trying to defend the rights of illegal immigrants.

Is it just me, or has the Tea Party remained noticeably silent on the subject of the recent Immigration law in Arizona? Where are the protests? Where are the signs referencing freedoms and individual liberties? Where are the Colonial outfits with tea bags swaying in the breez …