Banning the Burqa

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2010 Anti-Muslim sentiment in Spain is getting enshrined into law, with legislation banning the burqa being passed in villages across northeast Spain, legitimizing xenophobic views in the Catalan region where most communities have few if any Muslim inhabitants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Musicians Band Together in Arizona Boycott

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2010 Anger against Arizona's recent spate of anti-immigrant laws, most notably the toxic SB 1070 law legalizing racial profiling, has hit the entertainment industry, as musicians are banding together in a "Sound Strike" to boycott playing shows in the state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arizona’s Act of Vengeance

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 27, 2010 Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination -- racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. About the only hopeful thing that can be said is that the legislation goes so outrageously far that it may well be unconstitutional. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

White-Collar Immigrants on the Rise

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 To the anti-immigrant sentiment in the country, here's a noteworthy fact: A new analysis of census data shows that in 14 of the country's 25 largest metropolitan areas, more immigrants are employed in white-collar jobs than in the low-wage blue-collar work we normally associate them with. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arizona Passes Harsh Anti-Immigration Bill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2010 It's a sad day for anyone who is not a xenophobic, anti-immigrant militant: Arizona has passed the harshest anti-immigrant bill in the country, giving police the authority to detain anyone on "reasonable suspicion" that they are in the country illegally and arrest them if they don't have papers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Arizona Bears Down on Illegal Immigrants

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2010 Arizona is known for its anti-immigration climate, with vigilante sheriffs seemingly ruling the day. Now, that anti-immigration sentiment may be about to be implemented by the state's political system, as the Legislature votes on a bill that would significantly toughen laws against undocumented immigrants. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Italian Town Aims Wrath at Migrant Workers

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2010 Tensions over immigration in a small Italian town have erupted in violent attacks on African farmworkers, leading police to remove 300 migrants from the community and send them to holding centers -- accompanied by cheers from the townsfolk. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

H1N1 Theory Reconsiders Origin

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2009 A new theory puts the origin of the H1N1 virus not in Mexico, where right-wing anti-immigrant groups want it, but in Asia. Scientists explain that there has been no evidence demonstrating the virus in North American pigs, but plenty of evidence of a "sister virus" circulating in Asia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Brother 2.0

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2009 A xenophobic Web site funded by a Texas government grant provides 15 live feeds of "high-crime areas" near the fence between U.S. and Mexico, urging people to go on "virtual stakeouts" from their computers and report "suspicious activity" to authorities. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Austrian Rightist’s Postmortem Outing?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2008 Two weeks after the death of Joerg Haider, former leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, media attention has moved from Haider's fascistic political life to his personal life, with the politician's sexual identity undergoing a bit of a queering, much to the surprise of his ultranationalistic supporters. Haider was a 58-year-old married father of two. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

European Conservatives Join Forces

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2008 Four far-right European political parties have allied with each other, hoping to form a European Union umbrella party opposed to "Islamization" and immigration. Europeans, you see, will never give up their welfare states, so conservatives there spend much of their time bashing immigrants. Unlike America, where xenophobia is, though popular, something of a passing fancy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )