advocacy

Gilberto Cárdenas, revered for his advocacy for Chicanos and Latino art, dies at 79

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Gilberto Cárdenas, a highly respected sociologist who many considered a great advocate for advancing Latino and Chicano identity through academia and art, has died. Cárdenas died Sunday at his home in Austin, Texas, after a long illness, according to a statement released by his family. He was 79. Born and raised in San Gabriel, California, … Read more

British influencer faces possible execution in Dubai after allegedly stabbing man to death, claiming self-defense, advocacy group says

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A British TikTok influencer is facing possible execution in Dubai after allegedly stabbing a man to death in what she says was an act of self-defense, according to the advocacy group Detained in Dubai.  Brooke George, 23, a former department store worker from Kent in eastern England, has been charged with the murder of an … Read more

Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead, advocacy group says

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Hundreds of Afghan refugees who helped the United States fight the Taliban may be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo after the Trump administration halted their U.S. resettlement, an advocacy group said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Shawn VanDiver, president of San Diego-based advocacy … Read more

Watchdog warns legal powerhouse has made far-left advocacy their ‘dominant focus’ over the last decade

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A conservative watchdog group is adding fodder to the debate over whether the American Bar Association has become a politicized institution favoring the left. A new report released by Trump-aligned lawfare group America First Legal, co-founded by one of the president’s top advisors, Stephen Miller, claims that … Read more

Dolores Huerta ends her silence, champions decades of advocacy for marginalized groups

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It was Dolores Huerta who coined the slogan “Si, se puede” in 1972 when bringing together farmworkers in Arizona to fight a law that prohibited boycotts and strikes. Told it would be impossible to organize in the Southwestern state, her three-word Spanish-language response — which translates as “Yes, it can be done” … Read more

Idaho advocacy groups denounce state legislators who allowed man to testify while wearing brownface

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Several advocacy groups in Idaho this week are condemning Republican members of the state’s House Business Committee for allowing public testimony from a man who appeared before the committee in brownface and has previously engaged in racist and antisemitic demonstrations throughout the state. The man, far-right demonstrator David Pettinger, was initially stopped from testifying before … Read more