Mar 19th, 2010 · President Obama promised to make overhauling immigration laws a top priority in his first year as president, but the odds that it will happen even in his second year seem long. Thousands of activists plan to converge on Washington, D.C., in hopes of prodding him to action.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Thousands of activists are arriving in Washington D.C. for this weekend's rally for an overhaul in immigration law. Arizona has some of the toughest laws in the nation targeting illegal immigrants. Churches and advocacy groups from the state are sending delegates off to Washington to march for changes at the federal level. Peter O'Dowd of member station KJZZ reports.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Thousands of activists are arriving in Washington D.C. for this weekend's rally for an overhaul in immigration law. Arizona has some of the toughest laws in the nation targeting illegal immigrants. Churches and advocacy groups from the state are sending delegates off to Washington to march for changes at the federal level. Peter O'Dowd of member station KJZZ reports.
Mar 17th, 2010 · In Germany, Catholic lay activists and others are urging Pope Benedict XVI to do more about the growing sexual abuse scandal involving priests in his native Germany. Several hundred cases of alleged abuse have recently emerged, and some German Catholics are demanding reform.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Pro-immigration activists are planning a massive protest on Sunday in the nation's capitol. Organizers are demanding an overhaul of the current immigration system and say they are fed up with the Obama administration's failure to act on their behalf. The president's campaign promise was to implement what he described as "comprehensive immigration reform" during his first year in office. Host Michel Martin speaks with Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Tea Party activists held a rally Tuesday on Capitol Hill to kill the health care measure House Democrats hope to pass this week. They called their rally Code Red for Health Care, and hoped their voices would help stall the bill.
Mar 14th, 2010 · California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger skipped his state's Republican convention this weekend in Silicon Valley. But two candidates hoping to succeed him were there and working hard to win over conservative activists.
Mar 14th, 2010 · California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger skipped his state's Republican convention this weekend in Silicon Valley. But two candidates hoping to succeed him were there and working hard to win over conservative activists.