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‘We Can’t Wait Anymore!’: Immigration Activists Knocking on Obama’s Door

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WASHINGTON (VR) – Cynthia Díaz just wants her mother back home. “She was deported on May 2011 when ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raided our home,” Díaz, an 18 year old Phoenix, Arizona native said. “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] came to our home, my mom answered, and she had an order of deportation, and they took her just like …

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How Bigotry Shaped Baltimore with Antero Pietila

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Pt.1 Antero Pietila author of “Not In My Neighborhood” on how racism was used to enrich real estate speculators. Pt 2 of Antero Pietila author of “Not in My Neighborhood”: Blockbusting techniques made developers rich in Baltimore. Pt 3 of Antero Pietila author of “Not in My Neighborhood” During 1930’s Federal government red-lined American cities helping create race-based divisions.   …

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Lisbon 2009: The Issues

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Table of Contents 1) The Lisbon Treaty & The EU Constitution (0:00 to 1:24) 2) Was the treaty purposefully made to be difficult to understand? (1:25 to 2:03) 3) How democratic is the EU? (2:04 to 4:52) 4) Will Ireland be “left behind” if the treaty is rejected? (4:53 to 6:54) 5) Commissioners: From 27 to 18, why? (6:55 to …