In today’s ruling by the conservative majority 6 to 3 United States Supreme Court, Samuel ‘Roe v Wade was erroneously decided’ Alito wrote that Haitian immigrants’ claims that Donald Trump’s decision to strip them and Syrians from the Temporary Protected Status they, up until today, enjoyed, was not “overtly” motivated by racism and therefore could … Read more
It is always nice to report good news in these dark times. After being detained in an ICE facility in Texas, Tempe Residents Margot Paredes Ortiz and her 14-year-old son, Dilan were released and allowed to return to their home in Arizona. This release is partially a credit to the intervention of local community leaders … Read more
The recent coverage of the Reflecting Pool by the Lincoln Memorial is funny, and another demonstration of Donald Trump destroying something he touches. However, while this episode is another example of Trump’s ineptitude, mismanagement, environmental destruction, and endangering living organisms (a duck died,) there are other events happening that merit more news coverage than this. … Read more
In a packed Memorial Hall at Steele Indian School Park filled with constituents, activists, and political leaders, Arizona Congressional District Three House Representative Yassamin Ansari, the youngest woman in Congress, delivered a rousing State of the District Address, which focused on her first year achievements, what she would like to do for Arizonans in the … Read more
by Carolyn Classen, blogger Location: Location TBA- First Christian Church Organizer: Community Organized Every 2nd Saturday. Childcare and English/Spanish interpretation provided. Together, we can put an end to the cruelty of immigration enforcement. Bring your loved ones and your ideas, big or small. Everyone has something to offer. Gather to imagine, make plans, and take action.