by David Safier The gall! A group of people who oppose Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant hysteria is calling itself East Valley Patriots for American Values. Don't these people know conservatives own the terms "patriotism" and "American values"? They should be sued for copyright infringement. More seriously, this is a good thing we need to see more … Read more
by David Safier If you put 100 conservatives in a room, you'll get one liberal. This guy has an autistic grandchild, so he's for funding research on autism. This guy has a gay daughter, so he's for gay rights. This gal lives on the Florida coast, so she's against offshore drilling. Put all those single-liberal-issues … Read more
by David Safier When Utah has something to teach Arizona about pulling back from the conservative abyss and moving toward greater political moderation and sanity, you know Arizona is way out there in conservative crazy land. The subject is immigration, and the document is being called the Utah Compact. From a NY Times editorial: Political, … Read more
by David Safier From the Phoenix New Times: From 2008 to 2009, Arizona's number of reported hate crimes increased by more than 18.3 percent. This is up over the year prior, 2007 to 2008, which saw a 14.9 percent increase in hate crimes statewide. The numbers themselves show the creep upward. In 2007, there were … Read more
By Jenn Steve Li, 20, a nursing student and on-campus leader, was to be separated from his family and deported to Peru earlier this month after discovering that he is an undocumented immigrant. I'm way late on this story, but thankfully there are others in the APIA blogosphere that have covered it pretty well. Here … Read more