Commentary

'Daze of Justice' explores Cambodia's trauma of silence

Culture
Opinion
May 21, 2016

Commentary: The documentary "Daze of Justice" traces the return of Khmer Rouge survivors back to Phnom Penh, to testify against former officers charged with crimes against humanity.

Mexican youth spurn 'drug ballads' for 'new border wave'

World
Mar 16, 2013

A growing number of young people in Mexico are using music as a platform to raise their voice against a culture of violence.

When did immigrants become the enemy?

Immigration and the Church
Apr 24, 2012

Commentary

SAN FRANCISCO -- Recently, in front a packed crowd at Duke University, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice regretted the failure of passing the comprehensive immigration reform act and the shift in Americans' attitude toward immigrants.

Accepting and welcoming immigrants "has been at the core of our strength," she said. "I don't know when immigrants became the enemy."

These days it is refreshing, if rare, to hear someone of Rice's stature to speak on behalf of immigrants. Over the last few years the public discourse has been shrill and, if anything, media coverage seems to stoke anxiety to an unprecedented level.

Instead of a larger narrative on immigration -- from culture to economics, from identity to history -- what we have now is a public mindset of us versus them, and an overall anti immigrant climate that is both troubling and morally reprehensible.

America's difficult love story

Yet I often see the story of immigration in America as a kind of difficult love story.

In Utah, a "kinder, gentler" approach to immigration?

Immigration and the Church
Aug 8, 2011

NAM Editor's Note: The battle over immigration is now being waged at the state level. Since Arizona's immigration law SB 1070 went into effect one year ago, five states -- Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah -- have passed similar laws.

While some states have enacted enforcement-only measures, Utah has attempted to take a different approach. A group of community leaders in the state have signed onto the Utah Compact, a statement of five principles designed to promote a civil policy debate over immigration in Utah.