| Jun 30, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in a poor, undocumented family. I was lucky — we got our legal residency, I got an education, and now I have a good job. But no one should have to count on luck. Here’s my story and what I’ve learned. My dad came to the U.S. to work through the Bracero...
| Jun 9, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracySilvia from Miami, Eduardo from Hialeah, Abel from Lakeland. The names pour in on the donations page for “Syringes to Cuba” as Carlos Lazo promotes the campaign on his popular Facebook livestream. An energetic Cuban American high school teacher in Seattle, Lazo...
| May 12, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe immigrants and asylum seekers at America’s borders are not a crisis. They are a solution. The real crisis the United States faces is demographic. According to the latest census, population growth is slowing. The birth rate has declined 19 percent since peaking in...
| Apr 7, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m a domestic worker. You can just imagine how badly COVID-19 has impacted my income. Clients, especially elderly people, were suddenly uncomfortable with letting outside people into their homes for fear of contracting the virus. A lot of my work dried up. I feed my...
| Mar 3, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyJoe Biden has done a lot on immigration in a short amount of time — much of it good. In January, Biden kicked off his presidency with splashy executive orders ending the Muslim ban, protecting young undocumented people from deportation, and making sure immigrants are...
