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Appropriate songs-poetry for DREAM Act students?
Ok, so there is a part of me that appreciates some literary genius once in a while. Where are the DREAMers that write poetry, lyrics, sing or just know their music in general? Are there any particular pre-existing songs or Read More …
Still – Call for Papers
All the discussions around “waiting” on the critical geography listserve has led to a “call for papers” interest – On Still and Stillness … What better word to describe our lives? DREAMers are indeed constrained physically and temporally. Songs are Read More …
The M Word – California Supreme Court Hears Arguments for Gay Marriage
It still blows my mind that we have to “argue” about basic fundamental human rights. I thought the nation decided close to 50 years ago that “separate but equal” is not equal. How can the idiot judges on the California Read More …
The Politics of Waiting – Asylum
There’s a really good discussion on asylum circulating one of my academic listserves. Not many know that I study critical geography and subaltern studies, and there is some space in those fields to speak about immigration. The perspectives and philosophy Read More …
The 'M' Word – Queer DREAMs Silenced in front of the California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court heard arguments for gay marriage today, in a suit brought by some couples and the City of San Francisco against the State of California. The plaintiffs hold that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is Read More …