Why U.S. v. Arizona Matters

David Coleman / Truthdig Aug 7, 2010 Some metrics drawn from football metaphors might help to convey more clearly the magnitude of Judge Bolton’s ruling. If a lawsuit was scored like a football game, the score might be of this magnitude: United States 48, Arizona 6. If a lawsuit was scored like a football game, the score might be of this magnitude: United States 48, Arizona 6. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

U.S. Gov’t Aiming to Stop Arizona Law Before It Starts

Staff / Truthdig Jul 22, 2010 Arizona's infamous immigration law, SB 1070, is due to kick in July 29, at which point local law-enforcement officials will begin exploring what the term "reasonable suspicion" means to them. But not if the federal government can help it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Rev Up for Second Arizona Suit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2010 As Arizona and the rest of the nation prepare for the state's controversial anti-immigration SB 1070 bill to go into effect, US Attorney General Eric Holder has suggested that the federal government may file yet another suit against the beleaguered state "if the U believes racial profiling is taking place". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Beyond Reasonable Suspicion

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig May 12, 2010 “You’ve been randomly selected for a search.” These are the words I heard as I was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection upon my return from a recent trip to Canada. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Arizona’s Immigration Debate Gets Californians Talking

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2010 Now that Arizona's notorious SB 1070 has caught the nation's attention, immigration may again move into front-and-center position in another Western state that is ever grappling with the issue. Yes, that would be our own Golden State of California. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Immigration Law Sparks Protests, Debate in Arizona

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2010 In this AP clip covering reactions to Arizona SB 1070 throughout the state last weekend, one supporter, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, says, "I think the people of Arizona are fed up They're tired of the violence" But which "people," one might wonder, is he talking about? (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

S.F. City Attorney Calls for ‘Sweeping Boycott’ of Arizona

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2010 San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera drew parallels Monday between Arizona's refusal to recognize Martin Luther King Jr Day and the adoption of its new, controversial immigration law By way of sending a strong message in protest, Herrera proposed (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Is No Fan of Arizona’s New Immigration Bill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2010 President Obama made it clear during a speech on Friday that he's not on board with Arizona's new "misguided" immigration bill, which would, among other things, require immigrants to carry their paperwork with them at all times. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Terrorists Newt Gingrich Wouldn’t Stop

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 12, 2010 It took the case of "JihadJane" to illuminate what should have been obvious by now: Anyone who claims to be able to identify a potential terrorist by appearance or nationality is delusional. There's a reason why all of us have to take our shoes off at the airport. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration Debate Finds Center In Phoenix

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2010 A huge rally will converge in Phoenix on Saturday with activists calling for federal action to address Arizona's immigration problems. At the center of it all is Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man accused of racial profiling in his notorious crusade against undocumented immigrants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Invites Prof. Gates, Sgt. Crowley to White House

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2009 The strange saga involving an African-American Harvard professor, a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a crash course in racial politics may have reached a (somewhat) happy ending -- or at least an interesting one -- now that President Obama has invited Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley to the White House to try to work it all out together. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Black-History Expert Arrested in His Home; Racism Alleged

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2009 One Sgt. James Crowley may have thought he was stopping a break-in when he showed up at a house near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., last Thursday, but the man he eventually arrested there happened to be professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of the Afro-American studies department and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University, who just happened to be in his own home. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )