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State of Fear in Arizona: Permanent Legal Resident Stopped For Being Brownnew

Rosa's husband is a U.S. citizen. She's a legal permanent resident, on her way to becoming a citizen herself. She plans to raise a family and go back to school. But she's thinking twice about doing either in Arizona after her run-in with two sheriff's deputies a couple of months ago.
Phoenix New Times  |  Stephen Lemons  |  10-20-2009  |  Race & Class

Looking for a Latino Uprising in Community Leadershipnew

Hispanics comprise Colorado Springs' largest minority, 12.7 percent of the population, but why is a search for a local Hispanic/Latino/Chicano movement difficult to find?
Colorado Springs Independent  |  J. Adrian Stanley  |  07-23-2009  |  Race & Class

Recent Raid Shows Sheriff Joe Arpaio is Racially Profilingnew

A sweep of overwhelmingly Hispanic municipality Guadalupe shows "America's Toughest Sheriff" is down on anybody brown. What happened there seemed so odious that it earned Arpaio's sweeps condemnation from a broad political spectrum.
Phoenix New Times  |  Stephen Lemons  |  06-03-2008  |  Race & Class

Is a Race War Underway in Las Vegas?new

Are local incidents between blacks and Hispanics isolated flare-ups or harbingers of a larger problem?
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Damon Hodge  |  04-18-2008  |  Race & Class

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