The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that represents the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled conservative commentator Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post he wrote, federation spokesman David Webb said Sunday. Appearing on the CBS program “Face the Nation,” Webb said that Williams and the Tea Party Express — which has held a series of events across the country to generate support for the movement — no longer were part of the National Tea Party Federation. “We, in the last 24 hours, have expelled Tea Party Express and Mark Williams from the National Tea Party Federation because of the letter that he wrote,” Webb said of the blog post MORE
Jul 182010
Racism of the KKK versus the Trail of Dreams walkers
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Mar 012010
Early this year, four students embarked on a 1,500 mile march from Miami to Washington, D.C called the “Trail of Dreams” tour. Their goal? To raise awareness about our failed immigration policies. Their challenge? To do so while avoiding deportation and the wrath of anti-immigrant groups like the KKK and ALIPAC. These students are among the tens of thousands of those who graduate from high school in America each year but are prevented from applying for federal student aid for college or a job because of something entirely out of their control: they are undocumented. Like many undocumented students, the Trails of Dreams marchers were each brought to the United States while young and have grown up like any other MORE
