16/06/10
There are approximately 5.8 million people in the United Stated family immigration backlog waiting to reunite with family members. The current family based immigration system has not been updated in 20 years.
29/04/10
Arizona’s stringent new immigration law has fanned the flames of controversy across the country. The extreme response from all sides demonstrates the need for a long term immigration solution. Sustainable immigration reform needs to address granting undocumented people the opportunity to...
19/03/10
In California there will be a week of action drawing attention to the need for comprehensive immigration reform with regional events in San Diego, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, and Oakland. These events will take place from March 17 to March 24 to represent the desire for...
02/03/10
In the last 8 years there have been 918 US soldier deaths in Afghanistan and 4,380 in Iraq according to the most recent tally from the US Defense Department. By some counts, there have been 1,649 coalition deaths in Afghanistan, which includes 1,000 Americans, since we began the war on terror....
22/02/10
On February 23 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument for Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, a constitutional challenge to laws that make it a crime to provide material support to designated terrorist groups, including "support" that is aimed at reducing violence.
Human rights...
30/10/09
“If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it.”
– President Barack Obama 10/30/2009
27/07/09
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is currently considering the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, legislation which will appropriate spending to the State Department and modernize the Foreign Service. A coalition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) and HIV/AIDS prevention groups...
24/02/09
In his Best Actor Oscar acceptance speech for his role playing Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in the U.S., Sean Penn said, "We�ve got to have equal rights for everyone." Today the State Department released a report to Congress that examines the human...
03/12/08
On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted by Eleanor Roosevelt, was adopted by the United Nations after World War II. This month, the world celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Declaration, looking back on 60 years of human rights history while looking forward to...
05/10/08
As the 2008 Presidential election campaign enters its final month, the women’s vote is emerging as the bloc that will determine who will be the next President of the United States. Yet there are big differences between the two tickets on an issue central to women’s lives: reproductive...
