by Martin Schram So this guy walks into a bar. He sits down next to me and pretty soon he’s telling me the story of how he got here. He came as a stowaway. He was just a kid. His dad decided the family could sneak across the border and into the United States — and build a grand ...
The 40th anniversary of MLK Jr. Day As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, we once again honor the many contributions of Dr. King in the journey toward ending racial discrimination in this country. Among Dr. King’s many significant ...
On abortion, Hoppy just doesn’t get it “The data show that [post-Dobbs anti-abortion legislation] has prevented abortions within the state boundaries, but it has not stopped women from seeking abortions in other states.” — Hoppy Kercheval (DP-12-29-23). What an absurd conclusion ...
by Gil Kerlikowske As America’s immigration crisis expands and evolves, migrants are being bused to urban centers in the interior of the U.S., putting an unprecedented strain on cities that have never had to grapple to this extent with challenges deeply familiar to American border ...
While campaigning in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley was asked about the surge of migrants at the border. “When I’m president,” the former Republican governor of South Carolina said, “we’re going to stop catch-and-release, and we’re going to start catch-and-deport.” No president ...
by Stephanie L. Canizales Children are now mainstays in migration policy debates and news, with unaccompanied minors at the border drawing much attention over the past decade. The systemic violence and poverty that displace thousands of children from Central and South America have a ...