Editorâs note: This story was condensed for space. The original version of this story can be found at californiahealthline.org. The Trump administrationâs controversial decision on Tuesday to scrap the DACA program does more than put nearly 800,000 âDreamersâ in fear of deportation and losing their jobs. It threatens the health care of thousands of young […]
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Dream deferred: DACA repeal places 800,000 Dreamers at risk for deportation
[su_carousel source=”media: 35278,35279,35280,35281,35282,35283,35284,35285,35286,35287,35288,35289,35290,35291,35292,35293,35294,35295,35296,35299,35300,35302,35303,35304,35305″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] The news that the Trump administration would rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) wasnât surprising, but it was nonetheless demoralizing for tens of thousands of immigrants who were granted work permits and protection from deportation under the program. It was early morning on Tuesday, […]
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A word to our undocumented brothers and sisters
âResisting is a way of living.â Someone told me that not long ago. Someone who is undocumented, brought to this country as a child by their parents. Someone who understands the meaning of empathy better than many who were born within the invisible borders of this country. As I awoke on the morning of Sept. […]
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A crabby angel: a tribute to Judy Brady
[su_label type=”info”]The Devilâs Advocate[/su_label] [su_pullquote align=”right”]âWe need to see the world and act in it!â âJudy Brady, activist[/su_pullquote] There are some characters in our midst that, when we see them coming towards us, we might decide to cross the street rather than risk running into them. Something in their countenance seems to tell us to […]
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Editorial: Some of our presidentâs best friend are racist
The presidential pardon of Joseph Michele Arpaioâthe racist, former Arizona sheriff of Maricopa County who should have served a six month sentence for contempt of courtâis disgraceful, but then again so is pretty much everything else about this administration and this president. Arpaio, who liked to bill himself as âAmericaâs toughest sheriff,â is cut from […]
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With DACAâs future in limbo, Oakland rallies in support of program
[su_carousel source=”media: 35252,35253,35254,35255,35256,35257,35258,35259,35260,35261,35262″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Amid reports that President Donald Trump would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as soon as Sept. 1 an âemergency vigilâ was held in Oakland on Aug. 31 to support undocumented people. President Trump’s possible ending of the Obama administrationâs policy to […]
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Fate of DACA uncertain as Trump considers cutting program
The fate for the nearly 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipientsâand their familiesâacross the country remains uncertain as the Trump administration is still undecided if it will continue or eliminate the program ushered in by the Obama administration in 2012. Â Though Itâs not clear if or when Trump would rescind DACAâa […]
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Right-wing rallies cancelled in face of massive counter demonstrations
Despite the cancellation of two far-right demonstrations, which were set to take place over the weekend of Aug. 26-27 in San Francisco and Berkeley, thousands of passionate counter-protesters came out in force to oppose the presence and ideology of the far-right. The two eventsâthe first hosted Joey Gibson of âPatriot Prayerâ in San Franciscoâs Crissy […]
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Former client of Catholic Charities hired as CEO
Jilma Meneses was only five when she left her homeland for the United States, but she still remembers the words her grandmother told her before she left. ââYouâre coming to the United States for two reasons: to reunite with your mother and to get an education,ââ Meneses recalled her grandmother telling her. âAnd thatâs exactly […]
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Going back to school means learning humility
I have a dear friend who went back to school in her 50s. I call her my âMama Bear,â but her actual name is Karen and she is who always pops into my head when I think about going back to school. Karen has been my person in so many ways. She has let me […]