Holding signs reading “Vote,” “Refugees Welcome” and “We Are Columbus,” newly-naturalized citizens rallied in Columbus, Ohio and cast their very first Presidential ballots during early voting over the weekend. Images from the Central Ohio Worker Center – Centro de Trabajadores de Central Ohio. Before marching together to the Franklin County...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post (Opinion): Trumpism must be crushed. Here is one way to do it. By Greg Sargent Univision (Op-ed): On November 8, Latinos can become the wall between Donald Trump and the White House By Gabe Ortíz Washington Post: Donald Trump...
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As Donald Trump is making unfounded claims that the Presidential election is “rigged” — Politifact called that one “pants on fire” — he is also encouraging his supporters to harass voters. In particular, voters of color. “Go to your place and vote,” he has said. “And then go pick...
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Donald Trump’s campaign may be faltering, but Trumpism is alive and well. Police are investigating the at least two dozen white supremacist fliers that were posted on two Iowa campuses this past week. At Iowa State University, some 20 posters reading “In 1950, America was 90 percent white. It...
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Sen. Mark Kirk said in a statement last June that he could not support his party’s nominee for President, Donald Trump: “After much consideration, I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world.” So if Sen. Kirk isn’t voting...
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English (en español al final de la página): Conexion: What’s At Stake With This Election? DACA Status for DREAMers & Florida’s Economic Future Washington Post: Sen. Mark Kirk questions opponent’s American heritage in Illinois debate By Mike DeBonis Washington Post: Inside the Clinton campaign’s anti-Trump surrogate rollout plans By...
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Oct 27, 2016
“Papi, can we stay?” Four words sum up what’s at stake for millions in a new ad that encourages Americans to vote in this year’s Presidential election. The ad from filmmaker Joss Whedon never explicitly says that any of the ad’s characters are immigrants — or mentions Donald Trump...
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Gold Star father Khizr Khan said during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton yesterday that he would stand up to Donald Trump “again and again and again…up until hatred and political bigotry is wiped out of this United States, we will continue to speak.” Khan and his wife Ghazala,...
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Early voting for November’s election is already underway in a number of states, with encouraging signs that Latino, immigrant and AAPI voters are energizing and coming out to vote — some for the very first time. According to one Democratic pollster in Colorado, the early voter numbers “are staggering....
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English (en español al final de la página): Broward Palm Beach New Times: Immigration Activists to Protest Rubio at Broward College Debate By Antonia Noori Farzan New York Times: With a Politician’s Flair, Khizr Khan Tries to Push Clinton to Finish Line By Alan Rappeport Wall Street Journal: Clinton’s...
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