Hundreds Sit in Virginia Jails for Marijuana Crimes While the State Moves to Profit After Legalization
As the first state to legalize possession in the U.S. South, we should lead by example and put freedom and family reunification over cannabis capitalism.
From zero tolerance to zero harm: steps for mending shattered migrant families
By Catherine LaBrenz, John Sullivan and Esther Calzada We’ve all seen the excitement in a child’s eyes when they play with their parents in the park, or the calm that…
After Trump’s fake deadline on Dreamers passes, immigrant youth still in limbo
In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, the focus of lawmakers has largely shifted from finding a solution for the thousands of Dreamers who have been left under threat of…
Trump’s efforts to keep immigrant families apart hearkens to our racist immigration past
Our country’s modern history of immigration is built on white men’s attempts to create a whiter nation. Donald Trump’s efforts to tear at family reunification in the name of ‘ending…
Voting to protect our families is not a privilege; it’s a necessity.
There is a line in the opening scene of Goethe’s play Faust that reads, “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” It is a sentiment…
Trump’s War on Families Intensifies
After a 17-year journey, my parents will no longer be undocumented. This was no easy feat to accomplish, I lived 11 of those years without papers along with them, and…
We Could Have Avoided The Deaths Of The Undocumented Immigrants In Texas
This article initially appeared on the Huffington Post. When my parents came to the United States almost two decades ago, they did not think that they would spend all those…