| Jul 3, 2019 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTrump, under fire for separating immigrant children from their families and detaining them in inhumane conditions, has falsely claimed that Obama started the policy of family separation. Obama’s policies for migrant children and immigration were not perfect. He...
| Jun 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and a roof over our heads, often doing two and three jobs at a time. ...
| Mar 5, 2019 | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe current administration has bent over backwards to force-feed its anti-immigrant agenda to the American public. That agenda remains broadly unpopular, but they’ve tried every trick in the con artist book to impose it anyway. Despite years of hysterical...
| Jul 9, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWhat goes around comes around. This familiar phrase explains why Central American families and children are coming up to our back door, seeking asylum in the United States. And they will keep coming — even if the Trump government resumes tearing small children away...
| Jul 3, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy As someone who was born and raised in the border state of New Mexico, I’m very familiar with political speak about immigrants and the border, especially when it comes to talking about safety. After 9/11, concerns about safety led to the passing of the Homeland...