| Feb 22, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyMaybe you’ve seen those Ancestry.com commercials pushing Americans to “discover their stories” by digging into their family histories. Millions of Americans find meaning from these searches. My mom’s one of them. She’s doing a deep dive...
| | Rights / DemocracyShortly after Donald Trump’s order to ban thousands of documented, vetted immigrants and refugees from our shores, crowds rushed to airports all over the country to protect those who’d just arrived. Soon after, crowds in Phoenix and other cities surrounded...
| | Rights / DemocracyOn February 15, Donald Trump’s first nominee to be secretary of labor, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from contention when it became clear that the Senate would vote him down. The next day, Trump selected Alexander Acosta, a new nominee who looks to fare better. Of...
| Feb 15, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyAll too often these days, large U.S. corporations and Wall Street banks seem more interested in tapping overseas markets than in growing a customer base at home. When local communities in America’s heartland suffer, it’s no skin off their backs. By...
| | Rights / DemocracyLegal challenges to Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” are mounting. Federal judges have suspended the order, which blocks immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspends refugee settlement from everywhere, while federal cases wind their way...
| | Rights / DemocracyIn July 2016, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch committed the Department of Justice to investigating the shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man who was murdered by police outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge. The move represented the deepening of a tangible...
