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¿Por qué el Crédito Tributario por Hijo es importante para mi familia?

June 8, 2022

By John Tejeda

Durante mi niñez, mi familia no tenía mucho dinero, por lo que mi mamá siempre estuvo agradecida por el beneficio del Crédito Tributario por Hijos.

Storytelling at the center of racial healing 

March 24, 2021

By Nissa Tzun

The way we tell stories colors how we remember our own experiences and eventually the longer history of how we fit in society. Repeating these stories leaves a mark on…

the Other Pandemic

July 22, 2020

By Maya Boddie

“If our mental health professionals are now at the main source of the seams, then they should also be getting the funding and resources that can help train them in a way that can best humanize Black and Brown people in the streets,” said Wise. “We’ve always said it’s possible to fund other things.” 

Voices of Everyday Leaders

May 17, 2020

By Ayanna Albertson

Digital Organizing In The Time of COVID In the age of social-distancing, many of our everyday leaders have shifted how they operate. From educators offering instruction from a virtual classroom…

The Disposable Industries: Calls to Reopen the Economy Ask Workers to Put their Health At Risk

May 8, 2020

By Stephanie Land

Back in my early 20s, I proudly wore the job title of “coffee girl.” I had five years of experience by the time I was 22, working full-time at a…

How the west was won–California leading the way on rent control

February 10, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

On the heels of learning that Southern California residents now need to earn over  $100,000 a year to purchase a median two-bedroom home costing over half million dollars in Los…

Voices of Everday Leaders

January 21, 2020

By Willie Francois

An Accounting Problem: Reimagining Racial Healing in the US Fifty-two years after Martin Luther King’s grueling assassination offered the U.S. its opportunity to pursue a route of cheap justice—a facade…

Marching 230 miles to the steps of the Supreme Court, reminding America #HomeIsHere

November 11, 2019

By Cristina Rayas

On Sunday, more than 160 Dreamers and allies arrived in Washington, D.C., after marching 230 miles starting in New York. Step by step, their journey reminds all of us that…

Voices of Everyday Leaders

October 15, 2019

By Melissa Chadburn

Power Concedes Nothing Without Demand This evening democratic candidates will gather at Otterbein University in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus, for the presidential primary debates. While they will be discussing…

The Cards We’re Dealt

October 3, 2019

By Jamal Meneide

UNO is, at its core, an individualist game. I mean, it’s in the name after all: one. One person alone can win. To do so, you have to actively worsen…

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