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New Report Reveals Which States Are Abandoning Public Schools
Having a democratically governed local school, accessible to all students and fully accountable to the public for how its spends taxpayer money, has been a given for most American families since segregated schools were outlawed, but a new report finds most states have...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Ends Family Separations, Still Criminalizes Migrants What's really in Trump’s plan to stop family separations. WaPo: "A new executive order signed by President Trump lays out steps to end the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. We see...
How We Can Transform Our Communities Now
“What qualifies you to run for office?” That’s a question I get a lot as I meet voters in my campaign for Montgomery County Council’s at-large seat. To me, it hits at the heart of why I’m running. I’m a working class, Black Latina living in a multi-racial,...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Says Immigrants 'Infest" U.S. Trump ramps up rhetoric: Dems want 'illegal immigrants' to 'infest our country'. CNN: "President Donald Trump amplified his heated immigration rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing Democrats of wanting migrants to 'infest our country' and...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Digs In On Separatng Families Why Trump is digging in on separating families at the border. CNN: "Logic suggests that the White House, under crushing political pressure, would be forced to back down on its hardline immigration policy amid outrage over searing...
Children Say NO! to Family Separations by ICE
Every child understands the pain losing one’s loved ones – even for a moment – can cause. So children have plenty to say about the U.S. government’s separation of thousands of migrant families, with no promise to parents or children they’ll ever see each other again....
Progressive Breakfast
Father's Day Vigil At McAllen Detention Center Groups demand Trump administration end separation of families during McAllen vigil. KCBS: "Families from across the Rio Grande Valley made their voices heard during a vigil in McAllen on Sunday afternoon. Several groups...
Where’s that $4,000 Raise the GOP Promised Workers?
When Republicans in Congress passed a big, fat tax break bill in December, they insisted it meant American workers would be singing “Happy Days Are Here Again” all the way to the bank. The payoff from the tax cut would be raises totaling $4,000 to $9,000, the...
Progressive Breakfast
Protests Against Family Separations Spread Nationwide Marches Across the U.S. Protest Separation of Migrant Families. NYT: "Demonstrators in Los Angeles were joined by activists in dozens of other cities across the country on Thursday evening to protest the separation...
Why I’m Going to the Border for Father’s Day
As more reports surface of children seeking asylum at our borders being separated from their parents, there has been much consideration of the impact and effect on children. As Father’s Day approaches, I can’t help but wonder how I would cope if my daughter was taken...
