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Immigrants Settle Suit Against NM County; Junot Diaz Wins Pulitzer

Immigrants Victorious Against Border Vigilantes
The ACLU and MALDEF have victoriously settled a suit against Otero County, representing Chaparral, N.M., families who claimed their rights were violated during border security operations last summer. El Paso Times.

Will Naomi Campbell Walk After Racial Incident?
After Naomi Campbell claimed she was mistreated at Heathrow airport because is Black, new claims from officers say that Campbell was responsible for hurling racial slurs. NBC 11

Why We March for Peace
Tony Nguyen writes about Strength in Unity, an anti-war contingent for people of color., and why their histories make it imperative to march for peace. HYPHEN Magazine.

Telling Sakia Gunn’s Story
“Director and producer Charles Brack is in the final, frenzied stages of completing a feature-length documentary about the 2003 bias crime murder of 15-year-old [Black lesbian] Newark resident Sakia Gunn.” Gay City News.

Junot Diaz Wins Pulitzer
Dominican author, Junot Diaz, wins the Pulitzer fiction prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Guardian.

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