Immigrant Rights: A Puerto Rican Issue?
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: A PUERTO RICAN ISSUE? Immigration has divided the Puerto Rican community. While some see the defense of immigrant
Prop 187 In Brief
Proposition 187 prohibits public schools from admitting and allow- ing the attendance of children who are not citizens or lawfully
Suriname: Southeast Asian Loggers’ Latest Object of Desire
Suriname, the most densely forested country in the world, has attracted the interest of huge Southeast Asian logging companies. The
Prop 187’s Dubious Constitutionality
The drafters of Proposition 187 were not oblivious to its constitu- tional problems. in fact, they looked forward to having
The Faulty Logic of the Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
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African-American Doubts about Immigration
The immigration issue is not only a contentious one for Puerto Ricans. It has also divided the African-American community, with
Taking Note
The Private Saviors of Chile's Forests Over the past four years, Esprit clothing mogul- turned-ecophilanthropist Douglas Tompkins quietly pursued his
The Social Origins of the Referendum
THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE REFERENDUM Prop. 187 first attained critical mass in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Rising middle-class
The Disappeared: The Triumph of Memory
The terrifying revelations made by a navy captain of the "death flights" carried out during Argentina's dirty war show that
The Year of the Immigrant as Scapegoat
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Letters
Argentine Election Results T he July/August issue of the magazine contains a "news- brief' from Notisur on the May 1995
Fighting 187: The Different Opposition Strategies
While the small Latino youth movement takes to the streets, community-based organizations are focusing on political empowerment through more traditional
