Passionate advocacy can change policy!
By Cheasty Anderson and Marianna Montes Moreno This week President Biden finally walked back his decision to keep in place Trump's refugee cap of 15,000 [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter – May 03, 2021
Dear Partners and Friends, Thank you so much for staying up to date on what’s happening. Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, and our [...]
Read MoreAction Alert: Call your Reps. NOW and tell them to vote NO on anti-civics bill HB 3979.
Tomorrow the House is considering HB 3979 - an anti-civics bill that censors teachers, silences Texas youth, and overrides local control in opposition to current [...]
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Disabled Voters: Seeking Protection, Not Suppression
By Kyrios LoNigro Note: In this blog post I use disability-first language. “Disabled” is not a dirty word and we should use it just as [...]
Read MoreYoung Texans Deserve a Voting System that Lifts Up, not Suppresses Their Voice
By Maggie Stern On April 27th 1971, the Texas state legislature ratified the 26th Amendment, expanding the eligible electorate to include 18- to 21-year-olds. Fifty [...]
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Texas Leaders – Don’t Leave our Children out in the Cold
By Lauren Rangel No food. No lights. No heat. No water. The tragic 2021 winter storm thrust millions of Texans into deprivation they had never [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter – April 6, 2021
Dear Partners and Friends, Thank you so much for staying up to date on what’s happening. Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, and our [...]
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Spotlight: #SickofitTX Good Bill Blog
The Texas legislative session is in full swing! We are grateful to the Health Coverage champions in the Texas legislature who filed bills so [...]
Read MoreThe Forgotten T in LGBT+
*****TW: Some of the links below link to information that some may find triggering. This includes transphobic remarks, mentions of d**th and s***cide. Links that [...]
Read MoreA Win! The Trump Administration’s public charge rule is permanently blocked, nationwide. What does this change?
By Cheasty Anderson and Marianna Montes There are lots of fancy lawyer words to describe what's happening, but I am not a lawyer, [...]
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