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Aura Bogado writes about racial justice, Native rights, and immigration for The Nation. A former host and producer for Pacifica radio, her work has also been published in Mother Jones, Newsweek Argentina, Colorlines.com and The Huffington Post. She is currently based in New York City.

Articles

Five Things You Should Know About Immigration Reform (Immigration)

All the rhetoric surrounding immigration reform tends to obscure some basic facts.

Aura Bogado and Francis Reynolds

Dreamers Fight Deportations (Activism, Immigration)

While Washington debates a grand immigration resolution, some activists are putting their bodies on the line to free those in detention today.

Democracy in 'Suspense': Why Arizona's Native Voters Are in Peril (Racism and Discrimination, Election 2012, Society)

From voter ID laws to inaccessible polling stations, Native voters in Arizona face a cascading series of hurdles to participating in the November election.

Blogs

How Not to Talk to White Parents

What was a developing national conversation about race is fast vanishing.

Aura Bogado

An Open Letter: How I Failed Chelsea Manning

In a statement released yesterday, Manning made it clear that she rooted her actions in the long struggle for racial justice—...

Aura Bogado

White Is the New White

It’s time white women drop the practice of authenticating—and profiting from—the experiences of women of color.

Aura Bogado

Undocumented Activists Take a Giant Risk to Return Home

The nine transnational activists are hoping for a humanitarian return to the United States and are now organizing detainees to halt...

Aura Bogado

White Supremacy Acquits George Zimmerman

What the verdict illustrates is the way white supremacy operates in the United States.

Aura Bogado

Animating Black Bodies

The Zimmerman defense animation will dehumanize a black youth; Fruitvale Station will humanize another.

Aura Bogado

The Less-Than-Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill

Why are so many grassroots immigrants rights groups opposing the legislation?

Aura Bogado

A Tale of Two Best Friends

The way Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman’s friends are treated on the stand, and by the public, has everything to do with race....

Aura Bogado

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