Immigration

Talking to Edward Snowden Is the Next Best Thing to Sex, Says John Perry Barlow

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The poet and activist says his friend Edward Snowden's mind "is like cool, clear spring water." Also: Robert Scheer on President Obama's immigration overhaul, Keystone XL dies in the Senate, and Kasia Anderson breaks down the Bill Cosby rape allegations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Immigration: Presidents Have the Power, but Does Obama Have the Guts?

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 19, 2014 Protecting immigrants from deportation, permitting them to come out of the shadows, is the right thing to do. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Don’t Blame Obama When Boehner Won’t Do His Job

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 19, 2014 The only reason President Obama has to act on immigration reform is that House Speaker John Boehner won't. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Governs for the Nonvoting Majority

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 Obama's Republican critics say that his forceful approach on immigration, climate change and net neutrality show he isn't paying attention to what the voters said in the midterm elections. They're right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration, Impeachment and Insanity on the Republican Right

Joe Conason / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 Obstructing, denouncing and demonizing Barack Obama are so central to the existence of the Republican Party today that its leaders simply ignore the real purposes of the president's proposed immigration orders. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: China, Keystone, Immigration and the Net

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 15, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss Obama's potentially historic climate deal, the House's vote for the Keystone XL pipeline, rumors of an overhaul of immigration policies, and whether the Internet is our new, regulatable railway and highway. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Has Obama Lost Democrats the Latino Vote?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 4, 2014 The president's decision to postpone immigration reform may cost some senators their seats, and, according to one Democratic congressman, Obama may even start a "civil war" within his own political party. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This ‘Daily Show’ Segment Reveals the Absurd Misconceptions Behind U.S. Anti-Immigration Sentiment

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 1, 2014 Who knew immigrating to America came with free computers and health care? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert: Obama Stole Republicans’ Immigration Reform Tactic

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 9, 2014 As the president decides to delay action on help for "los latinos imigrantes," the "Colbert Report" host points out how unoriginal this approach is by noting all the Republicans who have mentioned the importance of immigration reform again and again and yet again for the past decade or so. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Real Story Behind the ‘Invasion’ of the Children

By Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatch Aug 25, 2014 Pitting the humanitarian imperative to help dislocated children against the plight of American communities places victimology in the service of party politics. Both Republicans and Democrats claim the moral high ground while conveniently avoiding the political economy of the problem they lament -- and have collaborated in creating. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Welcoming the Stranger: Refuge for the Refugees

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 7, 2014 A long and dangerous journey brings teenage Central American refugees to a community health center in South Los Angeles where pediatricians, psychologists and social workers treat them for post-traumatic stress disorder. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Telephone Mamas: The Forgotten Dreamers

Pamela Alma Weymouth / Truthdig Jul 29, 2014 Our playgrounds are populated with mothers like these, women who send trinkets and duct-taped packages back to their babies in faraway countries. They call them babies, even if they are not babies anymore, because it’s a habit. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )