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Court Bars Enforcement of Oyster Bay Standing While Latino Law

Posted on May 21, 2010 by iwilder

A federal judge today issued an extraordinary order barring enforcement of an Oyster Bay ordinance that violates day laborers’ core constitutional right to free speech. As a result of the order, day laborers whose livelihoods were threatened because of the ordinance can exercise their First Amendment rights and go back to work immediately without being […]

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Lawsuit Challenges NYPD Targeting Innocent Blacks & Latinos

Posted on May 19, 2010 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union will today file a class-action lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s practice of keeping the personal information of innocent New Yorkers who have been stopped and frisked by police officers in an electronic police database that the department uses for criminal investigations. Donna Lieberman, NYCLU executive director said: Innocent New Yorkers […]

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Day Laborer Organizations Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Ordinance in Oyster Bay, NY

Posted on May 19, 2010 by iwilder

Law Restricts Free Speech Rights of Day Laborers Two Long Island organizations that protect the rights of Latino day laborers filed a lawsuit today challenging an Oyster Bay town ordinance that violates core constitutional rights of free speech and equal protection under the law, and is intended to drive Latino immigrants from the community. On […]

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State’s Highest Court Unanimously Recognizes that Non-Biological Mother in Lesbian Couple is Parent

Posted on May 12, 2010 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today applauded a unanimous decision by the state’s highest court that a non-biological mother who had entered into a civil union with the biological mother of her child is, in fact, a “parent” under New York State’s law. The NYCLU filed multiple amicus briefs in the case. NYCLU Executive […]

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Huffington Post helps create race-issue smokescreen

Posted on April 30, 2010 by kwilder

KW: This is a slightly modified version of a letter I sent to the Huffington Post.  You can see the Huffington Post article, “Sen. Kevin Parker’s Rant On Race Video”, with their ridiculous and off-topic poll: here. Re: Your article and poll about Kevin Parker Dear Huffington Post, I am surprised and upset that you […]

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Fair Housing Groups to New York City Landlords: You Won’t Get Away with Refusing to Rent to African American Applicants

Posted on April 30, 2010 by iwilder

Civil Rights Groups and Justice Department Team Up in Race Discrimination Lawsuit Nearly three years ago, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and its member organization Long Island Housing Services (LIHS) investigated two brothers from Queens, N.Y. for refusing to rent an apartment to African Americans.  Earlier this week, a federal judge granted them the […]

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Is NY State Government post-racial? Viral video shows we are not…

Posted on April 28, 2010 by kwilder

KW: During a Finance Committee meeting with the appointment of an African-American man onto a board, some NY State Senators became hot over racial issues. Evidently this has struck a note, because the video of this incident has gone viral (for a political video.) Here are the stats from the official youtube site where NY […]

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State Senator Kevin Parker calls out white privilege: Caught on video

Posted on April 27, 2010 by kwilder

In a scene from a committee meeting of the New York State Senate, racial issues create controversy. It all starts when a white State Senator compares his experience of being the first in his family to go to college to the black struggle in America. The characters in this scenario: Committee Chair Carl Krueger (white); State Senator DeFrancisco (white); appointee Mark O’Luck (African American); State Senator Kevin Parker (African American).

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Some Libertarian thinking on immigration

Posted on April 27, 2010 by kwilder

A message from Wes Benedict of the national Libertarian Party expresses tolerance for immigrants and presents solutions for immigration problems.

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Arizona Green Party on immigration: ‘The signing of Senate Bill 1070 has created an apartheid state’

Posted on April 25, 2010 by kwilder

Arizona Senate Bill 1070 became law on Friday, April 23, 2010. The new legislation makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally. It requires local law enforcement to determine an individual’s immigration status if an officer suspects that person is in the country illegally. The Arizona Green Party asserts that this bill has created an apartheid state in Arizona.

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Reverend Billy Talen: Prophesy, Arrest, and New Baby

Posted on April 13, 2010 by kwilder

Reverend Billy Talen is an activist and performance artist who ran for Mayor of New York City on the Green Party line in 2009.  Here is what happened to Reverend Billy last week: The Huffington Post reports that Reverend Billy has been doing a series of protests where he puts a “Holy Hex” on JP […]

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Secrets of Gender-Blind Casting

Posted on April 5, 2010 by iwilder

Pre-performance interview with actress Beth Gwara and Director, Dr. Kathy Curtiss of Macbeth. Includes discussion of: feminism; gender blind casting; color blind casting; and Cate Blanchett’s performance as Bob Dylan in “I’m Not There”.

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Can Male Hatters be feminists?: Kimberly’s review of Alice in Wonderland 2010

Posted on April 3, 2010 by kwilder

A critique of the critiques of the new movie Alice in Wonderland — 2010, screenplay by Linda Woolverton and direction by Tim Burton. Article by Kimberly Wilder. The focus is on feminism, though other plot points are covered. Spoiler alert – major plot points and the ending are revealed.

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Fri. April 9th: Play about Marcelo Lucero, at Adelphi University

Posted on March 28, 2010 by kwilder

based on a press release from Adelphi University “What Killed Marcelo Lucero?” A play about immigration and hate convenes activists at Adelphi University on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 6:30pm. Garden City, NY / Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation and Levermore Global Scholars Program are co-sponsoring the interactive theater piece, “What Killed Marcelo Lucero?”, […]

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