Why Nurses are Furious about the Amanda Trujillo Case
The case of Amanda Trujillo has generated a great deal of passionate commentary across the nursing blogosphere. Trujillo, as you may well know, is the nurse who was fired by…
Arizona
Arizona governor Jan Brewer scoffs at accusations of racism. Arizona senator Cecil Ash wants holiday for white people.
All I can say is that Arizona must have a lot of white people. A lot of old, rich white people. How else could the governor get up in the…
Reading as Liberation
A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that in Arizona, the Tucson Unified School District had suspended the teaching of Mexican-American studies, banned the teaching of certain books…
Voices For Amanda Trujillo
Each of them eloquently speaks to the heart of what we do as nurses — and why nurses find how Amanda Trujillo was fired and subsequently reported to the Arizona…
Does this look to you like Obama’s threatening Jan Brewer (R-AZ)?
Of course not. But judging from Brewer’s breathless account and headlines from the usual bevy of right-wing blogs, a ‘threatening’ Obama “intensely” reproached the Governor for comments about the “thin-skinned”…
‘A pervasive culture of discriminatory bias’ – the justice model for Canada’s loony right
One of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies leads a prisoner, arrested for his shaky command of the English language, toward the chain gang. Racist and abusive Arizona police may not be…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…