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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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The news that TPS relief will be extended for nine months for U.S. residents from Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Nepal, and Sudan – on the heels of DACA being reinstated – is a tremendous success story and one that few would have thought possible at the start of...
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Time for Cornyn to Introduce Stand Alone Dreamer Bill He Promised The recent federal court ruling ordering the Trump administration to fully reinstate the popular and successful DACA program for Dreamers is worth celebrating. But the future of DACA and Dreamers’ ability to live and plan their futures...
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