|
Native Issues in the Halls of Government |
| Written by Mordecai Specktor, |
| Average user rating |
 (0 vote) |
|
Down the memory hole
Arizona became notorious in 2010, with the enactment of a punitive anti-immigrant law, SB 1070 – known as the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act. The law allows local police to question a person’s immigration status based on “reasonable suspicion,” if a person is stopped for another criminal violation. As I wrote in my July 2010 column, the law had been decried as an invitation to racial profiling; it was feared that Latinos, or anyone with brown skin, would become the targets of law enforcement authorities under the new law.
|
An unusual experiment featuring equal parts science and Native American capitalist ambition is unfolding. Read more
Last month I had to run for my life from a burning building carrying
two hefty cats in their carriers in my bare feet on cold gravelly
pavement. Read more 
Create your free account and submit your own stories to The Circle website.