The Oscars Fails Its Own Vision Test
Aura BogadoAside from being a celebration of xenophobia and misogyny, the Oscars also failed to pay tribute to Lupe Ontiveros and Russell Means.
View ArticleYou Wearing Your Hoodie Today?
Aura BogadoTrayvon Martin’s death is important because it illustrates that race continues to mark the difference between life and death.
View ArticleWhy Does Congress's Only Cherokee Member Keep Voting Against VAWA?
Aura BogadoMarkwayne Mullin (R-OK) voted against both versions of VAWA reauthorization. If only he would explain why.
View ArticleWith Climate Change, a Bad Deal Gets Even Worse for the Global South
Aura BogadoPolluters in the Northern Hemisphere have long exploited the resources of countries in the South, which will now feel the effects of environmental catastrophe more accutely.
View ArticleNative Americans Are Not Munchkins: An Open Letter to Michelle Williams
Aura BogadoFor Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away.
View ArticleA Day in Immigration Court
Aura BogadoUndocumented immigrant activists have protested on the street and infiltrated detention centers. Their next stop? Courtrooms.
View ArticleLife, Death and Accountability in Anaheim
Aura BogadoAnother white officer is absolved in the killing of an unarmed Latino man.
View ArticleObama Hiccups on Guest Workers
Aura BogadoWe do know that a comprehensive immigration reform bill will soon surface. The trouble is, we don’t know what it will contain.
View ArticleComing Out of the Shadows in Union Square
Aura BogadoUndocumented youth are taking to public and online spaces to represent themselves—in some cases, without the support of important allies.
View ArticleSchumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
Aura BogadoThe leading Democrat working to unveil a comprehensive immigration reform bill is getting his campaign money from the private detention industry.
View ArticleA Music Video Without Papers
Aura BogadoIf living through the reality of immigrant raids and detention seems difficult, try depicting it with cameras rolling.
View ArticleUndocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center
Aura BogadoTwenty-seven-year-old Claudia Muñoz checked into a Michigan facility—to fight for the release of those being unfairly held.
View ArticleThe Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill
Aura BogadoLegal permanent residency and eventual citizenship will be conditional on expanded border security—including the use of drones.
View ArticleLet's Not Normalize This Thing Called 'Terrorism': A Conversation With Sohail...
Aura BogadoThe way communities of color respond to the logic of antiterrorism can make us part of the problem—or the solution.
View ArticleNo, Chuck Grassley, the Tsarnaev Brothers Were Not in the Shadows
Aura BogadoAfter Boston, are the Senate Judiciary Hearings on immigration actually helping us get closer to reform?
View ArticleCrossing the Mexican Border—in a Theater
Aura BogadoThe interactive La Ruta dramatizes an experience that many immigrants know too well—and senators could learn from.
View ArticleSuicides or Hate Crimes in Immigrant Detention?
Aura BogadoTwo Guatemalan immigrants apparently commited suicide just two days apart at an Arizona detention center. Some are wondering if their deaths were hate crimes.
View ArticleWhile Congress Debates Immigration, Deportations Rage On
Aura BogadoAdvocates are pleading Obama to suspend the deportations of those who would gain status under a new immigration bill.
View ArticleHow Long Will Arizona Deny Driver's Licenses to Immigrant Youth?
Aura BogadoA high court’s preliminary ruling indicates there is not rational basis for Governor Jan Brewer’s attempt to deny driver’s licenses for certain immigrants.
View ArticleThe First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth
Aura BogadoMichelle and Barack Obama’s troubling advice to black graduates includes some seriously worn-out stereotypes.
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