Greg Sargent Take is Essential Reading on The Democratic Party’s Future Andrew Gillum’s upset win in the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary carries with it several big lessons for the current political moment, including that candidates who unapologetically run on big issues, fundamental values, and a grassroots organizing model can...
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Yet, the Trump Administration Remains Intent on Drastically Expanding the Detention of Children with Parents According to Vice News on Monday, a toddler died weeks after being released from an ICE family detention center where she first became seriously ill. Yet, the Trump administration continues full-speed ahead on drastically...
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TPS Expiration Dates: Sudan, 11/2/2018 Nicaragua, 1/5/2019 Nepal, 6/24/2019 Haiti, 7/22/2019 El Salvador, 9/9/2019 Honduras, 1/5/2020 Participants of the TPS Caravan “Journey for Justice” made their voices heard this past week in San Francisco. As part of their nationwide tour, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, family members, advocates, and...
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Frank Wilkinson of Bloomberg View has a blistering column condemning the gross exploitation and politicization of Mollie Tibbetts’ death. Wilkinson’s piece is excerpted below and available in full here. More than 1,600 women were murdered by men in the U.S. in 2015. That’s more than four each day. More than half died...
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We Bid Adieu to Sheriff Joe Arpaio After His Loss in Arizona Senate Primaries In a new opinion piece for the New York Times, Michelle Cottle reflects on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s loss in last night’s Arizona’s Senate Republican primary. She writes, “For nearly a quarter-century, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was...
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Latest ad paints Hurd as an immigration moderate, but his voting record is anything but An ad released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and in support of Rep. Will Hurd (TX-23) brought up his bipartisan efforts at protecting Dreamers, but failed to mention that Rep. Hurd votes...
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A New York Times op-ed from Derrick Johnson, president and chief executive of the NAACP, lifts up the findings and implications of polling conducted for the NAACP by the African American Research Collaborative and Latino Decisions, analyzing voters’ views in 61 of the nation’s most competitive midterm congressional districts....
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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holders Continue on Their Mission to Advocate for Keeping Their Families Together TPS Expiration Dates: Sudan, 11/2/2018 Nicaragua, 1/5/2019 Nepal, 6/24/2019 Haiti, 7/22/2019 El Salvador, 9/9/2019 Honduras, 1/5/2020 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigration advocates on the TPS caravan “Journey for Justice” made a...
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On Monday, the Washington Post published an editorial, “ICE is sending Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery.” The opinion piece is as clear and condemning as its title. The piece begins: THE WEST AFRICAN nation of Mauritania is known for its poets, for its reserves of gold — and...
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To honor Senator McCain’s life and legacy, America’s Voice en Español Director Maribel Hastings penned the following column, originally published in Univision and translated by Lynn Tramonte. As Hastings laments, “Now that the immigrant community, their citizen and permanent resident relatives, and activists who support them are under an...
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