Impacts of Alabama’s Law

December 1, 2011

This past June, Alabama Governor, Robert Bentley, signed legislation know as HB-56 into law. Suddenly, Alabama has the strictest anti-immigration laws on the books. Samuel Brooke is a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the organizations challenging the law’s constitutionality.

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Alabama’s harsh new immigration law has immigrant families fleeing the state. But where are they going? Many are heading south to Florida, where jobs and services may not be sufficient to meet the increased need.

This story is produced by Andrew Stelzer and edited & mixed by Claire Schoen.

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Música de Todos Lados

So what happens when a critically-acclaimed American guitarist and composer who fuses on country, blues and jazz, joins forces with a Brazilian-born singer-songwriter guitarist who merges bossa nova with contemporary music? In their words it’s “music from all over the place.” And now it’s compiled on their CD Lagrimas Mexicanas… or Mexican Tears. Independent radio producer Reese Erlich sat down with the two artists – Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuaria ¬– to talk about their unique sound.

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Joaquin Luna’s death hits the heart of Texas and resonates with thousands more across the country as people heard the news. Like many other 18-year-olds, Joaquin was a bright student, a good son, brother and friend. Accepted to universities like Texas A&M and ITT Technical Institute, he had dreams of becoming an architect. But that dream was put on hold because he was undocumented. Tragically, last week, the DREAM student took his life. Why? We speak to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and founder of Define American, Jose Antonio Vargas, to get some answers.

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