I am all for ignoring a woman politician’s fashion in favor of focusing on her politics, good works, and, you know, her overall character. And that is especially true of First Lady Melania Trump, whose style can best be described as uninspiring. There are exceptions to this rule though, and Melania Trump’s decision to wear a […]
The last time William Nguyen was seen in public was on June 10, standing in the bed of a pickup truck in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a wound on his left temple bleeding through his buzz cut. Around him was the chaos of a protest being broken up by police. Footage of the protest […]
The House of Representatives failed Thursday to move forward one of two Republican-led immigration reform bills it has been considering. The bill — introduced by Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and John Carter (R-TX) — took a hard line stance on border security, cut […]
A Republican federal trial judge held on Thursday that the entire Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — all of it — must cease to exist. The case is CFPB v. RD Legal Funding. Judge Loretta Preska’s decision on this matter can barely even be described as an “opinion” because she devotes less than two pages of analysis […]
President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting explanations regarding his choice to forcibly remove migrant children from their parents as part of a “zero-tolerance” immigration policy have left his media allies scrambling to keep up in recent weeks. But the newest must-run segment by right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group — the country’s largest owner of local television stations — may […]
During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, President Trump sought to blame Democrats for the humanitarian crisis he created with his family separation policy, going so far as to accuse Democrats of “creat[ing] a massive child smuggling industry.” “The people are suffering because of the Democrats,” Trump said. “So, we’ve created, and they’ve created, and they’ve […]
A top congressional Republican is ratcheting up his campaign against prominent U.S. environmental organizations, an effort critics are likening to a return of McCarthyism. So far, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) has singled out two environmental groups well-known for their effective advocacy and legal work to protect the environment. Bishop, a strong […]
Trump administration officials quickly disputed a Washington Post story Thursday, which reported they would stop prosecuting migrant parents who cross the border unauthorized with their children, the latest confusing development relating to the president’s zero-tolerance immigration policy. “We’re suspending prosecutions of adults who are members of family units until ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) can […]
The Trump administration has regularly claimed that families seeking asylum who get released within the United States while they wait for their interviews and court dates do not show up. “Not surprisingly, many of those who are released into the United States after their credible fear determination from DHS simply disappear and never show up […]
The Trump administration has regularly claimed that families seeking asylum who get released within the United States while they wait for their interviews and court dates do not show up. “Not surprisingly, many of those who are released into the United States after their credible fear determination from DHS simply disappear and never show up […]
When President Donald Trump conceded defeat Wednesday on his preferred policy of splitting up migrant families, he insisted it is still necessary to keep those families imprisoned ahead of trial. But Trump’s team knows better. It ended a program that was keeping families together, free, and compliant with their court dates and Immigrations and Custom […]
On Thursday morning, President Trump suggested many asylum-seekers are essentially crisis actors who are coached to say “passwords” to enter the United States. “We shouldn’t be hiring judges by the thousands, as our ridiculous immigration laws demand, we should be changing our laws, building the Wall, hire Border Agents and Ice and not let people […]
In the early days of the Trump administration, when former Breitbart executive Steve Bannon was a top adviser to Donald Trump, Bannon proclaimed that one of the new administration’s top goals would be “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Bannon is now gone, but his agenda could soon be taken up by one of the most powerful […]
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the East Pittsburgh Police station Wednesday evening to demand justice for Antwon Rose, a 17-year-old black teenager who was shot and killed by a Pittsburgh police officer Tuesday night. Rose was unarmed and fleeing cops during a traffic stop when he was shot in the back three times. Cell phone […]
Immigrant children being housed in a Virginia detention facility were subjected to brutally abusive conditions, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The claims were made public in a series of court filings against the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Virginia, which holds 58 secure beds for youths 12 to 17 years old, and has allegedly […]
Embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt spent even more taxpayer money on security expenses than previously thought, according to documents obtained by the Intercept and first reported Wednesday night. The expenses include nearly $3,000 for “tactical pants” and “tactical polos,” part of a total $4.6 million for security, representing a $1.1 million increase […]
During a CNN interview on Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) acknowledged profound confusion about President Trump’s recent immigration policy moves — admitting it was “news to me” that the executive order Trump signed won’t actually reunite more than 2,300 kids with their families after they were separated from their parents as a result of Trump administration policy. Trump […]
Fifty years ago, when the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, Ginge Savigny was a third-grade teacher in a predominately black, Southeast Washington, D.C., elementary school. That moment awakened her awareness of social and racial inequalities in society, in part, because she shared that experience with her students. “My eyes were opened,” she told me […]
Voters in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to pass a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and include tipped workers. D.C. now joins eight states that have established a single minimum wage, and its passage makes the city a bellwether for states currently considering tipped wage increases of their own […]
The Trump administration’s position in Trump v. Hawaii, the Muslim Ban case, is that “aliens outside the United States seeking a visa or initial admission have no constitutional rights at all regarding entry into the country.” Ponder that argument for a moment, as you also consider this picture of children, who were separated from their families […]
After mounting pressure from activists and concerned Americans, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday hoping to find an end to the family separation policy his own administration implemented. “I didn’t like the sight or the feeling of families being separated,” Trump told reporters. “I think anybody with a heart would feel strongly about […]
The Trump administration has placed children who were separated from their families at the border in secure psychiatric facilities, according to organizations that work with migrant children. In the past, children have accused similar facilities of forcing them to take powerful psychiatric drugs, abusing and neglecting them, and detaining them for months on end. The […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has spent billions since 2013 placing minors who cross the border into foster and shelter facilities throughout the country, many of which have a history of abuse and lax oversight, according to multiple reports. One organization, San Antonio-based BCFS, has received over $800 million from the federal […]