immigration
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SOTU: Why Aren’t Donald Trump’s Supporters Ecstatic Right Now?
One might assume that on the day of President Trump’s State of the Union address—one full year into his second term—his supporters would be basking in the warm glow of triumph. After all, this is the moment they fought for. The victory they insisted would restore greatness, stability, and a kind of mythic national order.… Continue reading
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Foreign-Born Workers Aid U.S. Economy
The 2024 election cycle was used by the Republican Party to promote a harsh level of racism against Brown-skinned people. and to ramp up the culture war against transgender people. If we thought the campaign season was absurd, it does not compare to the mean-spirited, nasty, and ugly season in our country since Inauguration Day… Continue reading
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Senator Baldwin Correct: ICE Should Not Operate From Behind Masks
In a democratic society, government power is supposed to be exercised openly. Accountability is not a luxury that can be tossed aside when it is uncomfortable. Yet Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increasingly adopted the practice of covering agents’ faces during operations that we witness daily on newscasts or in our newspapers. ICE agents appear… Continue reading
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Light in The Darkness: Judge Fred Biery Gives Free Civics Lesson To Trump Administration
I use this blog post tonight to present a short and profoundly powerful court ruling handed down on Saturday. My best friend sent this to me this afternoon, and upon first reading it, I had tears in my eyes. For all the right reasons. What follows is something you can read quickly, but I suspect… Continue reading
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Where Is Empathy And Decency In Trump Administration?
There are, simply put, increasingly sad and cruel stories happening in our nation. Like you, I read and hear about them occurring in a far too regular fashion. Without doubt, Donald Trump is largely responsible for the most repulsive of these stories, as in the case of a man born in a German refugee camp… Continue reading
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When Latino Kids Have Halloween Upended, What Does That Say About The Rest Of Us?
There are times when I feel embarrassed to sit down and watch the news. That was the outcome this weekend when I saw the WGN TV report on a simple and much-anticipated Halloween parade for children in a Chicago neighborhood. You know the kind of excitement when kids dress up as ghosts and goblins and… Continue reading
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Chicago Marathon Turned Fearful Due To ICE
This past week while listening to WGN radio I heard a side of the Chicago Marathon that I had not considered. Upon hearing it, I wished to somehow have missed the story. It was just so dispiriting. Another example of what is so wrong in our country today. Sunday, it was reported that more than… Continue reading
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