Robert Reich If stagnant wages, near-record inequality, climate change, nuclear buildups, assault weapons, mass killings, trade wars, opioid deaths, Russian intrusions into American elections, kids locked in cages at our border, and Donald Trump in the White House don’t at least occasionally cause you feelings of impending doom, you’re not human. But I want […] Read more
Tim Butterworth From single-payer health care to climate change, the 2020 Democrats have ambitious plans. But these new, grand, and green deals aren’t as radical as some make them sound. In fact, big public projects are what made America great. When President Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower took office in 1953, America had been buffeted by […] Read more
Congresswoman Donna Shalala (FL-27) released the following statement in response to the House of Representatives voting to pass the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act (FUTURE Act), a bill that would provide for a two year authorization of Higher Education Act Title III funding for Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and […] Read more
Ramón Del Castillo, PhD Editor’s Note: Dr. Ramón Del Castillo delivered a keynote address for the Colorado Civil Rights Division in honor of Hispanic Awareness month; the following are his remarks: Hispanic Awareness Month is slowly but surely becoming institutionalized as complex organizations seek out multicultural strategies to ensure justice in the workplace. The […] Read more
by Kristin Jones Racism. Classism. Sexism. Nationalism. Oppression. Are these words divisive? They are words that explain some of the most brutal divisions between us. The ones at the root of differences in our sense of belonging, our capacity to live the lives we want, how long we live and the safety of our […] Read more
A coalition of community organizations and unions are getting together this week to formally endorse community advocate Eleazar Meléndez for City of Miami Commissioner in District 1 and announcing joint voter mobilization efforts in the area. The coalition includes community organizations such as New Florida Majority through its New Florida Vision PAC, FLIC Votes and […] Read more
Maribel Hastings Some news in recent days seems to have been taken directly from an episode of “The Twilight Zone,” but it is taking place in real life. For example, that story about how immigration officials took a Salvadoran woman in labor contractions to a Texas hospital to give her medication to stop her […] Read more
“El Norte,” the epic, widely acclaimed masterpiece about the dreams of immigrants and the promise of America, will return to movie theaters in select markets this September in a special one-day-only 35th anniversary presentation from Fathom Events and Lionsgate. Directed by Gregory Nava from a screenplay co-written by Anna Thomas, “El Norte” will play on […] Read more
Kristin Kumpf On the morning of Aug. 3, the last of more than 3,000 children were taken out of the Homestead detention center in Florida. The controversial detention center had served as an indefinite holding place for migrant youth, many of whom fled violence and poverty in Central America and were seeking asylum in […] Read more
Before the Invisible Wall of Racism
David Torres For the entire world, it has become clear that the image that the United States once had, of an idyllic country to which migrants from all parts of the world aspired, regardless of their condition, has become faded, battered. In nearly three years, the rise of a new form of treating “the […] Read more