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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program turned 6 years old last week. The future of the program, which has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants and injected billions of dollars into the U.S. economy, remains uncertain.  Last September, President Trump announced he was ending the DACA program, placing hundreds of thousands of recip

With nearly 2,000 immigrant children separated from their parents in just six weeks alone, there is an unprecedented human rights disaster unfolding at our border. As public outrage mounts, members of Congress demand access to government-run facilities, and the United Nations condemns us, the Trump administration is attempting to shift the blame — fast.  In the past week, the administration has made several misleading statements, trying to justify the systematic separatio

It was just over a year ago that Laverne Cox told us to google Gavin Grimm, the high school student barred from his school’s restrooms because he is transgender. America listened. Since then, celebrities like Cox and students like Grimm have helped us understand what it mean

Even historians find themselves startled by the past.  My blood ran cold on a recent visit to Montgomery, Alabama. I was there to experience something that didn’t exist anywhere in Amer

The Federal Communications Commission is currently considering a corporate acquisition that would make a single company — Sinclair Broadcasting Group — the largest owner of local TV stations in history. Americans watch more local news than cable news or network news, making that medium

Too often, law enforcement lets itself be hijacked by a biased call to 911 — usually a caller reporting a “suspicious person” who is actually just Black. In response to a spate of well-publicized incidents, many are saying that white people should avoid calling the police when an actual crime is not being committed. That’s a start. But police departments also need to retool how they respond to these calls. Black people and other people of color shouldn’t have to endure police intrusions that lack a legal basis. When police e

On Monday afternoon, civil rights, religious, and community organizations are taking their demand that Amazon stop providing face surveillance technology to governments, including police departments, to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. The groups will deliver over 150,000 petition signatures, a coalition letter signed by nearly 70 organizations representing communities nationwide, and a letter from Amazon shareholders. Monday's action is a part of a nationwide campaign to stop the spread of face surveillance technology in government be

No one, including the president, is above the law. But you wouldn’t know that if you listened to a number of recent assertions from President Trump and his legal team.  “I have the absolute right to PARDON myself,” President Trump

When Time Warner turned me down for fair parental leave, I was worried for my family. I was caring for my sick wife, premature baby girl, and two boys. I had gone to human resources months earlier, explaining that the policies at CNN, where I worked, allowed anyone 10 paid weeks with a new child — except a biological father after his wife gave birth. I had expected the company to simply fix it. Instead, after my daughter was born, they said no. I launched a