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Amicus, Guest Author, Poverty and Economic Justice

The House as an Asset in Play: The Spanish Response to the Foreclosure Crisis

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The thousands of evictions since the collapse of the housing bubble are one of the most tragic consequences of’ Spain’s private debt crisis. Although the crisis hit hard in both the U.S. and many European countries, the case of Spain is particularly striking. Residential mortgages in Spain are generally recourse loans, meaning that if the homeowner stops making payments, the creditor can take both the property and other assets.

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Article: Xenomorph!! – Indians, Latina/os, and the Alien Morphology of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 – by Robert F. Castro

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The national debate over illegal immigration has been dramatically altered since 9/11. In his book The Latino Threat, Leo R. Chavez argues that Latina/o immigrants—including those U.S. populations that physically resemble them—have been socially constructed as grave risks to the United States. Arizona Senate Bill 1070 typifies the aggressive backlash that recently occurred in response to this perceived threat.

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Essay: Why the ACLU’s President is a Card-Carrying Member

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When I was a third-grader in public school (in Long Beach, NY) our class play was Johnny Tremain — the story of a 14 year old boy caught up in the American Revolution. I decided to take the book version out of the school library to read the whole story but the librarian told me I wasn’t allowed to. That book was in the boy’s section. The girl’s section, as I well knew, contained collections of fairy tales and biographies of Presidents’ wives, Florence Nightingale, and Clara Barton.

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