Tag: immigration
Google’s stock climbed after it fired 12,000 employees—but what did they...
The tech sector is laying off tens of thousands of workers, making it clear that economic growth is currently valued above all else.
‘Disastrous’: SCOTUS upholds Title 42 migrant policy during court fight
"As a Covid control strategy, a humanitarian policy, and a border policy, Title 42 has not only failed but caused irreparable harm on a massive scale."
Contradictions negate Lady Liberty’s message
Today’s anti-immigration anger is revoking the generous promises we identify with Lady Liberty.
‘Totally unacceptable’: US rejecting 90% of Afghans seeking asylum under humanitarian...
"We don't feel safe," lamented one Afghan asylum-seeker whose brothers translated for U.S. invasion forces. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."
Our country is trading children’s lives for guns
Guns have become an intimate part of American culture, one that is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood, and of course the Republican Party. Our children are paying the price.
Trump’s asylum ban hasn’t disappeared—but media outrage over it has
As border crossings increased in the second year of the pandemic, Republicans, Democrats and the Washington Post are all in agreement that shelving human rights concerns is the price of keeping unwanted refugees and migrants out of the U.S.
Housing is a human right—here’s how to make it a reality
The federal government has for years enabled the private market to make money off our housing needs. Now, as home prices and rents skyrocket, there is a simple solution: offer people a public option for housing.
Why the Freedom Convoy is more American than Canadian
Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe
Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe protests led by Canadian truckers. It is a cause that unites the libertarian and extremist wings of the GOP and offers a new front in the culture wars to mobilize right-wing forces.
Waiting at the border, migrants lean on tradition
One early afternoon, Sandra Vázquez sits on an old metal bench outside a bus station, next to two other women who, like...