Dozens arrested in protests of immigration law - Yahoo! News

Dozens arrested in protests of immigration law - Yahoo! News

Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law, and dozens of people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear.

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2010-07-29       The Daily Brief     Robert L. Borosage: Reality Check AP Robert L. Borosage: Congress excels at setting lofty goals that it is certain to forget or ignore. But we've got an economy where corporate profits are up, bank profits are up, inequality is rising -- and there are no jobs. This cannot become the new normal. Congress and the president must define full employment as the measure by which their actions should be judged. Or alternatively, admit that full employment is no longer plausible, in which case we must build a strong social contract -- of training, guaranteed income, health care -- for those discarded from the workforce. Click here to read more. Bob Cesca: The GOP Plot to Screw the Economy and the Middle Class Unless Democrats take the discourse by the horns and fight, Republicans will balloon the deficit and undermine the economic recovery in order to give more handouts to the super rich. And the middle class will be an accomplice in its own homicide. Janine R. Wedel and Linda Keenan: Shadow Elite: WikiLeaks: Irresponsible or Indispensable? WikiLeaks is a declared combatant in information warfare: high-tech, good-government vigilantes. The group acts as the consummate outsider, a crucial role in the shadow elite era. Andrew Bacevich: The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War Although Western liberalism may retain considerable appeal, the Western way of war has run its course. Robert Creamer: Two Reasons the Obama Victory in Arizona Immigration Lawsuit is Good for Democrats The commentary is that the decision the Court handed Obama's Justice Department on the Arizona immigration law, will be bad for swing Democrats. But there are two reasons why that that kind of knee-jerk response is just wrong. Robert Reich: The Final Lesson of BP The will of the American people is being subordinated to the demands of giant money-making machines called global corporations that can now spend or threaten to spend unlimited amounts of money in support of any politician.     HuffPost News Obama Defends Education Policy, Takes On Teachers Unions Arizona Immigration Law: Court Ruling A Warning To Other States Goldman Sachs Bans Profanity In Emails -- No More 'Sh--ty Deals' Facebook 'Questions': New Q&A Feature Debuts (PICTURES) Lorenzen Wright DEAD: Ex-NBA Player's Body Reportedly Found   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy