
African-American Doubts about Immigration
The immigration issue is not only a contentious one for Puerto Ricans. It has also divided the African-American community, with ...

Taking Note
The Private Saviors of Chile's Forests Over the past four years, Esprit clothing mogul- turned-ecophilanthropist Douglas Tompkins quietly pursued his ...

The Social Origins of the Referendum
THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE REFERENDUM Prop. 187 first attained critical mass in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Rising middle-class ...

The Disappeared: The Triumph of Memory
The terrifying revelations made by a navy captain of the "death flights" carried out during Argentina's dirty war show that ...

The Year of the Immigrant as Scapegoat
THE YEAR OF THE IMMIGRANT AS SCAPEGOAT In an anti-immigration frenzy not seen since the 1920's, lawmakers in Washington are ...

Letters
Argentine Election Results T he July/August issue of the magazine contains a "news- brief' from Notisur on the May 1995 ...

Fighting 187: The Different Opposition Strategies
While the small Latino youth movement takes to the streets, community-based organizations are focusing on political empowerment through more traditional ...

Welcome to America THE IMMIGRATION BACKLASH
California's Proposition 187 was the tinderbox that set off the most recent anti-immigrant explosion in the United States. In that ...