“The Biden Effect?” Puleeze. The issue is the Trump Trauma inflicted on all of us.   Yesterday, White House advisor Stephen Miller appeared on Fox News to attack our democracy. He peddled Trump’s election fraud lies and predicted Trump would be declared the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential... Continue »
Early voting began Monday in Georgia ahead of the January runoff elections. Longstanding organizing efforts by and of communities of color have built political power over time and could prove decisive in the twin senatorial races that culminate in January. The multiracial electorate in Georgia highlights the role of... Continue »
America’s Voice   ICYMI: “It Seems That Many of You do Not Know the Magnitude of the Disaster that Occurred Recently” – Hurricanes Eta & Iota’s Impact Highlight Need for TPS Stephen Miller Has Zero Credibility. So Why Are Many Using His Framing Regarding Asylum and Border Policies? Investment... Continue »
Now, at the end of one of the most difficult years we have experienced at a collective and personal level, I ask myself how will we, as a society, overcome the profound divisions, bad blood, and lack of civility that has so affected this nation. And, which has been... Continue »
A solvable challenge, not an existential crisis.   There they go again. Right wing media, the anti-immigrant movement and their Republican allies are up to their old tricks on immigration, asylum and the border. A recent Fox News interview with former Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan makes the anti-immigrant... Continue »
NPR: Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What’s Happening In Honduras  In a new piece for NPR, Jason Beaubien details the devastation wrought in recent weeks by Hurricanes Eta and Iota.  In Guatemala and Honduras, the back-to-back storms have displaced hundreds of thousands and the toll on agriculture, schools,... Continue »
America’s Voice   Don’t Fall for the Right Wing Trap Set by Trump and the GOP on Central Americans and Asylum ICYMI: Devastation Caused By Hurricanes Eta and Iota Merit Calls for TPS Designation English New York Times As Biden Prepares to Take Office, a New Rush at the... Continue »
Ahora que se aproxima el fin de uno de los años más difíciles que hemos experimentado a nivel colectivo y personal, me pregunto cómo superaremos como sociedad las profundas divisiones, los rencores y la falta de civilidad que han afectado a este país. Todo ello, impulsado desde la propia... Continue »
Building relationships with and mobilizing voters of color key for Democratic victories in Georgia Senate races Ahead of the January runoff elections, attention to the growing new multiracial electorate in Georgia highlights the role of AAPI, Latino, Black, and Native American voters who helped flip Georgia for the Democrats... Continue »
 After broad multiracial majority rejected Trump’s xenophobia and cruelty, new asylum rule escalates attacks on basic American values   On their way out the door, the Trump administration has finalized a rule that is the “most sweeping attack on asylum that we have seen,” according to Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of... Continue »