Social Movements & the Law

As discussed in my forthcoming book Classified, contrary to popular belief, racial and ethnic classification in the US is not...

GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah joined every Democrat in voting for her confirmation to the court.

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

A unified voice for home broadband access, public broadband access, personal devices, and local technology training and support programs. A community of digital inclusion practitioners and advocates.

NPR's annual Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of books that scratch whatever your reading itch might be. Today, we're going to talk about some of the nonfiction we loved.

The latest edition of NPR's Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of book recommendations from critics, writers and NPR journalists to try to give you just the read you're looking for. Today, we're giving recommendations for our favorite books about identity and culture.

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By Hannah Plotkin and Francesco Fasano The rate of housing loss is unfortunately increasing throughout Arizona. Rising rents, stagnant wages and job insecurity are driving a looming crisis. Exacerb…

Ahead of the 2022 Frontiers of Social Innovation conference, “Power at Play in Social Change,” a collection of articles exploring shifts in philanthropy, place-based social change, public interest technology, and more.

By Jenny Silbiger The Americans and the Holocaust (AATH) traveling exhibit arrived to our island home of Oʻahu on January 28, 2022, and left a couple of days ago, on March 9th.  The traveling …

By Lynie Awywen Recently I have been job-hunting (yes – it is still as awful as you remember) and I have noticed a recurring pattern which prompted me to think about the ways in which ‘whiten…

Patients without any insurance will now start to see some of those free Covid testing options disappear as further Covid relief funding remains stalled in Congress.

As a Black woman who has spent thousands of hours as a career coach for women of color, I’m not surprised to see her unfair treatment.

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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The United States resettles thousands of refugees worldwide to provide families a safe place to live. The U.S. government works with approved agencies to encourage refugees to become self-reliant in their new American homes. Learn more about the U.S. assistance programs and services to help refugees.

First part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

This ACLU research report, No Fighting Chance: ICE's Denial of Access to Counsel in U.S. Immigration Detention Centers, provides the first comprehensive study of the barriers to access to counsel in

I've been in the States for over three months now. This was my third emigration. The first was from Canada to the US when I was little. Then back to Canada, and now back to the US. The Canadian move was easy for me but I had to learn a lot about immigration law to…

The latest stories on the Trump administration's policy to separate immigrant parents from their children at border crossings.

In keeping with our commitment to promoting open and equal access to justice for all, we at the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library have assembled a list of online resources to help answer questions regarding the United States immigration process. Some of the resources provided are availa

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Border Patrol agents in Arizona have confiscated the turbans of dozens of Sikh men seeking asylum in the US, violating their civil rights and government policies, the ACLU says in a letter calling for an end to the practice.

By Michael McArthur The final day of the 2022 IALL Annual Course opened with an eye-opening review of U.S. immigration law and policy, presented by the founding director of Stanford’s Immigrants’ R…

The Covid-19 pandemic has spotlighted the crisis low wage immigrant and migrant (“im/migrant”) workers face when caught between the century-long collision betwe

Southern New England, today, is a de facto exception to much of U.S. Indian law and policy, with progress sustained by Indigenous peoples in the region at a bar

DETAINED is an ongoing collaboration among former immigrant detainees, the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP), and the University of Arizona (UA) that collects and publicly archives the oral histories of asylum seekers formerly incarcerated by immigration authorities in Arizona. The multilingual, open-access archive, hosted by the UA Libraries, maintains a tangible record that counters the vast emergent landscape of the for-profit immigrant detention industry. This community archive is one of the few forums for former detainees to share their experiences, helping to fundamentally shift the historical narrative of immigration to the United States.

"An excellent resource for students of Native American women's history, Wilma Mankiller provides an overview of contemporary federal Indian policy and explores how Mankiller negotiated the relationship between the Cherokee Nation and the United States in the late 20th century"--