Formerly neutral world news organization National Geographic, with corporate cosponsor CSX, launched a new cable television show entitled “Border Wars”, detailing daily border agent battles with drug smugglers, human traffickers, and undocumented immigrants. The promotions for this new show, as well as the show itself, have managed to recklessly imply that the U.S. and MexicoContinueContinue reading “Take Action: National Geographic Show Fosters Hatred and Violence Towards Immigrants”
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Latinos Missing from NY Times Recollection of 2009 Passings
Our friend and ally Tom Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF, has brought to our attention the issue addressed in the article that follows. After seeing the new Star Trek movie, he pointed out that there are apparently no Latinos in the future. There were no Latino characters on the starship Enterprise. The followingContinueContinue reading “Latinos Missing from NY Times Recollection of 2009 Passings”
Public Interest and Civil Rights Groups Speak Out Against Unfounded Attacks on Mark Lloyd
The Equal Justice Society today joined more than 50 civil rights, public interest and grassroots organizations sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and congressional leaders supporting Mark Lloyd, the associate general counsel and chief diversity officer of the FCC, and the agency’s longstanding mission to promote localism, diversity and competition in the media.ContinueContinue reading “Public Interest and Civil Rights Groups Speak Out Against Unfounded Attacks on Mark Lloyd”