Slideshow: The top 10 civil rights conflicts of 2010
SLIDESHOW - The work of civil rights lawyers and advocates has not slowed in the wake of the 2008 presidential election...
Obama: DREAM act vote 'incredibly disappointing'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says the DREAM Act is the right thing to do for the county, and important for economic competitiveness, military readiness and law enforcement efforts...
Mario Perez: In defense of the DREAM Act
OPINION - Although Mario is frightened of the prospect of being deported to a country he doesn't know, he is encouraged by the support he's had from his fraternity brothers...
Private prisons profit off race prejudice
OPINION - The reality that this industry has in fact been acquiring massive wealth off of communities of color at least since the 1860s Reconstruction Era...
Allen West's Chief of Staff: 'Hang' illegal immigrants
VIDEO - Joyce Kauffman is West's choice, and she's a radio host considered to be an extreme conservative on issues such as immigration and religion...
Feds sue controversial AZ sheriff in civil rights probe
PHOENIX (AP) - Sheriff Joe Arpaio refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics...
Black vs. brown hate crimes may be spurred by bad economy
theGRIO REPORT - Hate crimes against blacks jumped 12.8 percent from 2003 to 2008. African-Americans suffered the largest proportion of bias crime during that period...
Barbados mom with dying child faces deportation
VIDEO - The thought of leaving her sick child in an Atlanta hospital alone is unthinkable and she is asking for help...
Obama's aunt granted asylum due to press leak
BOSTON (AP) - U.S. Immigration Judge Leonard Shapiro blasted the leak by the unnamed official in his 29-page ruling granting asylum to Zeituni Onyango in May...
Obama signs $600M border security bill into law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill will fund the hiring of 1,000 new Border Patrol and Immigration agents to be deployed at critical areas along the Mexican border...
