Aura Bogado
Aura Bogado is the community journalism coordinator and blogger for Colorlines' Voting Rights Watch 2012.
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Views Sunday, February 16, 2014 Hung Jury for Michael Dunn’s Count of First-Degree Murder A jury of 12 people in Duval County, Fla., could not make a unanimous decision about whether to find Michael Dunn, 47, guilty in connection to the killing of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. The jury did find Dunn guilty of three counts of attempted murder, and of shooting a firearm. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Typhoon Haiyan: The Global Poor Bear the Deadly Brunt of Climate Change In 1494, Spain and Portugal were in serious competition over other peoples’ lands. Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 09, 2013 Why Does Los Angeles Criminalize Black and Brown Youth? Read more |
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Views Monday, November 04, 2013 Immigration Activists Continue to Fight on All Fronts October was a busy month on the streets for comprehensive immigration reform backers—but it was quiet in on the floor of the House. Read more |
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Views Monday, September 30, 2013 The ‘Dream 30’ Risk Detention to Return to the US Following up on last month’s action by the Dream 9 , a new, larger group of undocumented immigrants will attempt to return to the United States today. Read more |
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Views Thursday, August 01, 2013 ‘A Girl Hanged Herself Here’: Dream 9 Youths Shed Light on US 'Deportation Machine' When the Dream 9 entered the Eloy Detention Center last week in Florence, Arizona, they planned to start organizing. Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 14, 2013 White Supremacy Acquits George Zimmerman A jury has found George Zimmerman not guilty of all charges in connection to death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But while the verdict came as a surprise to some people, it makes perfect sense to others. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Supreme Court Strikes a Hard Blow to Tribal Sovereignty in Adoption Case In a 5 to 4 decision on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) does not block termination of a Native father’s parental rights. The court appears to have ruled as if it was deciding the issue based on race—when a better lens to understand the case, called Adoptive Couple v. Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 18, 2013 The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill There could be a lot to celebrate about the Senate’s new comprehensive immigration reform bill. Read more |
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Views Friday, October 26, 2012 Suppression Surges as Election Nears With a little more than a week before Election Day, grassroots campaigns are hoping to maximize voter participation among often disenfranchised communities. Cuéntame has launched a series of public service announcements targeted at some 50,000 new Latino voters in three swing states: Colorado, Nevada, and Florida. The PSAs, made in conjunction with 300 partner groups, are airing on major Spanish language television stations like Univision, MundoFox, and Azteca America. Read more |