Income and Wealth Inequality
Wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, the great economic issue of our time, and the great political issue of our time.
Sanctuary Cities Join Forces in First Meeting of Its Kind
On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we can fight back together. Seeking Sanctuary: Municipal Policy to Confront Mass Deportation and Criminalization, a national convening hosted by Local Progress, Center for Popular…
Trump takes aim at 'sanctuary cities' with a proposal to cut more than $200 million in local funds – LA Times
Buried in President Trump’s budget proposal is an opening salvo against so-called sanctuary cities, local jurisdictions that he promised to punish for refusing to cooperate with deportation officers.
Real-life handmaids are joining the anti-Trump resistance
Handmaids are forming a resistance to anti-abortion measures across the country.
Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win by Amanda Abrams — YES! Magazine
This 86-year-old civil rights leader believes reconciliation is the only way forward.
Tiny Town in the Heartland Creates Homegrown Sanctuary by Bian Elkhatib — YES! Magazine
Residents of Iowa’s first Hispanic-majority town don’t need sanctuary city policies to support their immigrant neighbors.
Trump Again Downplays Steve Bannon’s White House Role | The Huffington Post
Bannon is “a guy who works for me,” Trump said.
Theatres to screen Orwell's 1984 to protest Trump | News | Al Jazeera
Nearly 200 cinemas will show the film version of the dystopian classic on Tuesday to encourage political conversation.
How Chicago Became the First City to Make Reparations to Victims of Police Violence by Yana Kunichoff and Sarah Macaraeg — YES! Magazine
The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level.
