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The terms "sanctuary" and "sanctuary movement" are bandied about with reverence and respect..... or disgust and fury. As I write, Austin is experiencing ferocious retaliation from the Texas Governor, Texas…
All children in the U.S., regardless of immigration status, are entitled to a free public education on the same basis as other kids, even if they are locked up. But…
On a Sunday in the spring, Mariana was at home with her son Jorge, then eleven months old, who was sleeping. She was not expecting anyone, so when she heard…
Child care centers exist to take care of children. The State of Texas requires most child care centers to be licensed, and to be licensed, they must meet certain minimal…
Social Justice Symposium, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, April 4, 2016 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 30, 2016 Derechos en Crisis: Refugees, Migrant Detention, and Authoritarian Neoliberalism February 24 -…
Perales Serna, et al., v. Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Unit, et al. October 16 update: Perales Serna Order denying preliminary injunction 16 October 2015 What this…
photo by Virginia Raymond, touched up by Omar Figueredo; art by Rini Templeton Please read this resolution, sign it as yourself, and --- far more importantly -- take it to the…
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The idea of the iceboxes It’s a room in which there is nothing more than a toilet and some cement benches stuck to the wall. With regard…
Melissa, Carmen, and Jackeline are three sisters who, with their mother, fled El Salvador seeking refuge. Right before they left, the three girls had watched as a gang member came…