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Entries Tagged as 'Civil Rights'

Score one for pro-immigration forces

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Star date July 2007, New Haven enacts a resident ID card which is made available to all New Haven residents regardless of their immigration status. The database containnig all names are requested through an FOI request by the Journalist Chris Powell and He-who-shall-not-be-named aka Dustin Gold (pictured at left). The matter is taken [...]

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Tags: Civil Rights · Immigration

HIMC video page and Jena 6 Video

October 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

I went to a pretty inspirational march on Saturday (September 29) in support of the Jena 6 and in protest to overriding injustices in our present court system. I was particularly struck by the passion of Kamora Harrington, mother of an African American male and community activist. Of all the speakers either before [...]

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Tags: Civil Rights · Marches · Northend · Politics

Perez’s campaign consultant defends Lieberman waffling on Imus

April 12th, 2007 · 7 Comments

[Update (5:15pm • Thursday)]: Feel free to read the following but I wanted to bring in an update. Campaign manager Ken Curran assured me that while Dan Gerstein was a consultant earlier in the year. He currently is not a paid staff or consultant of the campaign and any future hirings will [...]

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Tags: Civil Rights · Media · Politics

Acquitted!!

March 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

It’s official. Hartford resident, journalist, and activist Ken Krayeske appeared in federal court today and was acquitted on any and all charges. For more information, check out our freind Christine at CTnewsjunkie.com and Ken’s own blog.

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Tags: Civil Rights · Media · Politics

The roots of a breakdown…

March 5th, 2007 · 6 Comments

What is happening? How can a city call itself a rising star when it’s resident have to worry about their children going to school?
Unfortunately, as a city, state, and society we are pressed to replace a patients bedsheet that we fail to realize that the fever is in the patient…all the changed bedsheets in [...]

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Tags: Civil Rights · Education · Politics

The video that acquitted Rebelde por La Paz, Francisco Acevedo, Jr.

February 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Everyone remembers the story of Francisco Acevedo, the Conard High Senior who led a mass exodus supporting immigration rights from the steps of the high school to West Hartford city hall. Well, the problem was, so did the administration of Conard High. Weeks from graduation, Acevedo was arrested at the high school following [...]

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Tags: Civil Rights · Not Hartford