Immigration - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/immigration/?source=rss&aim=immigration en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT Nativism is dangerous to our health By Joe Conason Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/10/16/healthcare_for_immigrants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/10/16/healthcare_for_immigrants/index.html?source=rss Swine flu doesn't discriminate. Universal healthcare coverage should cover everyone -- including the undocumented Texas Gov. Perry: Obama "hell-bent" on socialism By Gabriel Winant Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/12/perry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/12/perry/index.html?source=rss The governor will apparently say anything to get Tea Partiers' votes in his 2010 primary No cheers please, for the N.Y. Marathon winner By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/red_white_and_blue_eritrean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/03/red_white_and_blue_eritrean/index.html?source=rss A sports columnist questions the American bona fides of Meb Keflezighi. Anger erupts, followed by abject groveling I'm sick of people labeling people By Cary Tennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/08/strippers_and_illegals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/08/strippers_and_illegals/index.html?source=rss We're not "strippers"! We're not "illegals"! We're citizens of the planet! Uninsured like me By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never liked social insurance for people of color Vitter sparks battle over illegal immigrants, Census By Gabriel Winant Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/15/immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/15/immigration/index.html?source=rss The Louisiana Republican introduces an amendment that brings up issues as old as the government itself Inside the mind of Joe Wilson By Richard Benjamin Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/11/joe_wilson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/11/joe_wilson/index.html?source=rss America is changing, and that makes white people like Joe Wilson -- and Michele Bachmann -- very nervous The truth: Joe Wilson is wrong By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/10/wilson_immigrants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/10/wilson_immigrants/index.html?source=rss However much the South Carolina Republican yells, the Democrats' bill doesn't apply to illegal immigrants "Russian Obama" battles, plays off racism By Gabriel Winant Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/11/russian_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/11/russian_obama/index.html?source=rss Vasily Ivanovich would be the first black public official in racism-plagued Russia Against comprehensive reform -- of anything By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/14/reform/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/14/reform/index.html?source=rss History shows that piecemeal reform is better than a Big Bang. That goes for most of the Democrats' domestic agenda A warning for Democrats? By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/09/populist_backlash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/09/populist_backlash/index.html?source=rss The right just won all across Europe, thanks to nationalism, populism and recession. It could happen here too. The end of "Anglo-conformity" By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/28/anglo_conformity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/28/anglo_conformity/index.html?source=rss How to pronounce Sotomayor, part 2. What's this country all about, anyway? How to pronounce Sotomayor By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/27/pronouncing_sotomayor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/27/pronouncing_sotomayor/index.html?source=rss An accent on the last syllable is unnatural, says a National Review fearmonger. Does he understand English? Minuteman founder to challenge McCain in primary By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/21/mccain_simcox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/21/mccain_simcox/index.html?source=rss Anti-immigration leader Chris Simcox is stepping down from his group to run against the Arizona senator, who has a moderate record on the issue. Need some balm for the soul By Cary Tennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/14/balm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/14/balm/index.html?source=rss Dad died, lover left me, unemployed, things are tough, could use a lift. Government by the curry, and for the curry By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/10/industrial_curry_policy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/10/industrial_curry_policy/index.html?source=rss The United Kingdom's Indian food crisis continues. Even conservatives agree: Something must be done! White House throws cold water on NYT immigration story By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/gibbs_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/gibbs_immigration/index.html?source=rss The administration says there's no news in a report that President Obama wants to begin work on reform this year, and cautions progress might be slow. Obama will push immigration reform By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/immigration/index.html?source=rss The New York Times says the president will prioritize the controversial issue "despite the risks," but actually, the political calculus is in his favor. Is a marriage license just a piece of paper? By Cary Tennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/10/marriage_license/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/10/marriage_license/index.html?source=rss As a Universal Life Church minister, I could help my friend get a foreign work visa. Should I sign? From New Orleans to Antarctica, via the twin towers By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/18/docu_oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/18/docu_oscars/index.html?source=rss An Oscar rarity -- at least three of the nominated documentaries are outstanding and deserve to win! Can the Academy find a way to snub them all? The Next American System By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/20/new_contract_one/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/20/new_contract_one/index.html?source=rss We need a New Contract with the American people, starting with a sweeping program of modernization that echoes Lincoln and FDR. Bush commutes sentences of former Border Patrol agents By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/19/ramos_compean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/19/ramos_compean/index.html?source=rss Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who shot an unarmed drug suspect as he fled back to Mexico, then became heroes on the right, will be released from prison. Inside the mind of Lou Dobbs By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/feature/2008/12/03/dobbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/feature/2008/12/03/dobbs/index.html?source=rss Is there anything the CNN host can't connect to his obsession with illegal immigration? If the rest of the world could vote By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/04/the_world_and_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/04/the_world_and_obama/index.html?source=rss Foreigners can see themselves in the candidacy of Barack Obama. Maybe the U.S.A. really is "exceptional" The punditocracy's Seven Biggest Blunders of the 2008 election By Mike Madden and Walter Shapiro Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/campaign_myths/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/campaign_myths/index.html?source=rss Guess what? The Conventional Wisdom has blown it again in handicapping Obama vs. McCain in the homestretch.