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Even Josefina López, the Playwright Behind REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES, Thinks LADY BIRD Was Eerily Similar

“I enjoyed it and sometimes I kept thinking, ‘Well, the mom is like the mom in my movie. They won’t let her go to college like Ana.'”

  • Jan 29, 2018
  • 9:39 AM

Hurricane María: Puerto Rico’s Unnatural Disaster

It exposed the vulnerabilities created by ubiquitous socioeconomic inequality and the differential neglect of the island’s rural regions.

  • Jan 27, 2018
  • 1:35 PM

The Rise of Sanctuary in the Age of Trump

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center tracks significant rise in areas refusing to honor unconstitutional ICE detainers, further opportunities to defend and expand policies in 2018.

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • 10:54 AM

No Deal on ‘Shithole’ Border Wall (OPINION)

If Democratic leaders make a deal with President Donald J. Trump on his “shithole” border wall, they will secure his reelection in 2020.

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • 9:51 AM

Border Patrol Arrests Humanitarian-Aid Provider and Two Individuals Receiving Care

These arrests come during a nationwide targeting of sanctuary and migrant-justice organizers by federal agencies.

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • 11:37 AM

Why the NAACP Is Suing DHS Over the End of TPS for Haitians

“The action by the Department of Homeland Security to rescind TPS status for Haitian immigrants is clearly racially motivated.”

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • 11:24 AM

BOYCOTT MODELO: Water Privatization and Solidarity With Baja California

For over a year now, Mexicali resistance groups have been defending the capital of Baja California’s water supply against foreign investment brewery Constellation Brands.

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • 2:14 PM

Black and Brown Families: Get Kicked Out of Your Home or Breathe Foul Air

California, the self-proclaimed leader of the resistance on climate change action and emissions reductions, is about to steamroll over black, brown, and other communities of color with plans to expand a massive freeway in Southern California.

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • 12:52 PM

MALDEF Lawsuit Says Motel 6 Violated Rights of Latino Guests

“It is in no company’s interests to target and to violate the rights of any of its customers.:

  • Jan 23, 2018
  • 6:41 PM

National Poll Says That Support for DACA Actually INCREASED During the Shutdown

It jumped from 42 percent to 47 percent.

  • Jan 23, 2018
  • 11:48 AM

Washington Deal to End Shutdown Keeps DREAMers in Limbo

I’m infuriated by today’s deal. Democrats cravenly backed down in exchange for more delay and an uncertain promise of future action.

  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 7:04 PM

Immigrant Rights Voices Are in Agreement: Senate Democrats Failed the Community… Again

Every time we think Democrats will show up, they don’t.

  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 4:46 PM

Democrat Gutiérrez Slams Senate Democrats for Voting on Shutdown Deal

“Democrats are still not willing to go to the mat to allow people in my community to live in our country legally.”

  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 3:20 PM

What United We Dream’s Greisa Martínez Rosas Said This Morning About the Government Shutdown

Since Trump killed DACA, 17,000 of us have lost protection from deportation and 850 more are losing it each week.

  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 11:24 AM

Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand Haiti, Immigration or American History (OPINION)

The current administration has demonstrated its disregard for people from this Caribbean island.

  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 10:42 AM

THE FIRST RULE OF PUNK: The Most Important Book Published During the First Year of the Trump Presidency

My heart pounded in my chest—not once in my life had I seen a book (fiction) about someone so much like me.

  • Jan 22, 2018
  • 5:59 AM

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