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Donald Trump nominated anti-immigrant extremist Jeff Sessions to serve as our nation’s next Attorney General.  Today, in an effort to block the confirmation of Sessions by the United States Senate, a large coalition of civil rights, domestic violence, LGBTQ rights and other progressive groups are holding a call-in day... Continue »

Yesterday, leaders from the NAACP showed the intensity of their opposition to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) nomination to be the next United States’ Attorney General by occupying his Congressional office in Mobile, Alabama. “We are engaging in a voluntary act of civil disobedience,” Cornell William Brooks, the national president... Continue »

Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States.  Today, the Alabama NAACP is holding protests around the state to protest the nomination (via press release): Alabamians Against Sessions for Attorney General will include five... Continue »

English News ( Noticias en español al final de la página): Huffington Post: Latino Leaders Who Dumped Donald Trump Now Hopeful He’s Their Guy By Dana Liebelson NBC: Latinx Activists Ready to Expand, Focus Efforts After Inauguration By Brian Latimer Wisconsin Gazette: Immigrant allies rallying in nationwide day of... Continue »

English News ( Noticias en español al final de la página): New York Times: Trump Suggests Berlin Attack Affirms His Plan to Bar Muslims By Mark Landler Associated Press: Trump: Deadly violence in Germany is ‘attack on humanity’ By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace Reuters: Trump After Berlin, Turkey... Continue »