Last week, a group of Latino leaders launched “Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary,” (HFJ) a network of Latino elected officials, legal, civil rights, labor, and academic voices committed to raising awareness around the impact federal courts and judges have on the Latino community. Participants discussed the judiciary’s importance as the last line of defense on […] Read more
By Miles Mogulescu As former CIA Director John Brennan just stated, “Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to and exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous.” And as the editors of The Washington Post wrote, “In Helsinki, Mr. Trump again insisted ‘there was not collusion’ […] Read more
By Michael Brune It is impossible to justify an immigration system that tears families apart and sees children ripped from their mother’s arms by agents of our own government. People arriving in our country seeking a better life deserve to be treated with dignity and fairness, but this administration is using these families as […] Read more
By Luis V. Gutiérrez Editor’s Note:Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke during the debate of Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s harsh anti-immigration bill, H.R. 4760 on June 21st on the floor of the House of Representatives. The following are his remarks as prepared for delivery. The reelection strategy for every single Republican Member of […] Read more
By Michelle Lujan Grisham Editor’s Note: Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement in reaction to the Trump Administration’s decision to argue that protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for individuals with preexisting conditions are unconstitutional. If the administration prevails in court, denying coverage or raising prices for patients with preexisting […] Read more
Let’s open the classroom doors — all of them. Open up the schools, open up América, looking for the lost souls. “Woo hoo!” he shouted as he fired off his guns. By the time he was done, ten more people were dead. Eight students, two teachers. More sacred lives tossed to the God of War. […] Read more
Editor’s Note: U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), parents, advocates, and caregivers at a press conference on May 23 to demand the Department of Homeland Security stop separating children from their families at the border. The following are remarks from Senator […] Read more
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos last week embraced the notion that individual schools can decide to report students and families to immigration enforcement – an assertion at odds with the U.S. Constitution, DHS sensitive location policy, and basic decency and humanity. At a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing, Rep. Adriano Espaillat […] Read more
They say that ignorance is bold, but it can also be prejudiced. Only ignorant people fear differences. Only insecure people see a threat when they hear people speaking different languages. Maybe they think they are being talked about, made fun of. It’s their ignorance that makes them think that here one should only speak English, […] Read more
Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration for Women
Yoel Haile Vonya Quarles survived what she calls “generational incarceration” — as a granddaughter, daughter, and mother of incarcerated people. During her young adult life, Vonya experienced addiction, homelessness, and subsequent time in prison. Like many others, the prosecutor in Vonya’s case pushed for a harsh sentence with no thought given to the possibility […] Read more