Urban Matters | Pandemic Lockdown Traumas Were Temporary. Child Welfare Traumas Have Lasting Effects

Urban Matters | Pandemic Lockdown Traumas Were Temporary. Child Welfare Traumas Have Lasting Effects

In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, governments imposed widespread social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus. For me, the pandemic offers a powerful lesson for both the public and policymakers because it provides a window into the cruelty of alienation that many families endure daily under the so-called child welfare […]

Learning in the Shadows: How Immigration Enforcement Harms Students and Schools

Learning in the Shadows: How Immigration Enforcement Harms Students and Schools

By: Micaela McConnell and Steven Hubbard| americanimmigrationcouncil.org As students across the United States are returning to the classroom this fall, the lasting and deeply damaging effects of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda loom over schools. As the administration aggressively pursues its immigration enforcement agenda, it is creating a crisis in the nation’s education system—one […]

Back To School For Some, But Not For Others

Back To School For Some, But Not For Others

By: Gabe Ortiz | Americasvoicecnn.substack.com It’s back to school season, which means that millions of students all across the country will be returning to classrooms beginning this week. But when many of these kids should be excited about new clothes, school supplies, and getting to see their friends again, they’re instead left to worry that […]

ICE and Bureau of Prisons Deny Reps. Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez Access to MDC Brooklyn Amid Reports of Inhumane Conditions

ICE and Bureau of Prisons Deny Reps. Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez Access to MDC Brooklyn Amid Reports of Inhumane Conditions

Photo courtesy: Rep Goldman Office Prison Notorious for Violence and Understaffing is Being Used by ICE to House Over 100 Detainees, Many of Whom Lack Any Criminal Records  Members Condemn Lack of Transparency, Demand Immediate Termination of ICE Contract  BROOKLYN, NY — Congressmembers Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) today were […]

Over 67,000 Cases of Power Stick Roll‑On Deodorant Recalled Nationwide

Over 67,000 Cases of Power Stick Roll‑On Deodorant Recalled Nationwide

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a voluntary recall of more than 67,000 cases of Power Stick roll‑on deodorants produced by A.P. Deauville, LLC, initially announced on July 10. Affected Products The recall spans three Power Stick variants sold at Walmart, Dollar Tree, Amazon, and other major retailers: Power Stick for Her Roll-On Antiperspirant […]

Trump’s Alien Registration Requirement Threatens an Invasion — of Americans’ Privacy

Trump’s Alien Registration Requirement Threatens an Invasion — of Americans’ Privacy

By:Edward Kissam| americancommunitymedia.org | Editorial credit: Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com New immigration-related orders from the Trump administration are confusing and contradictory, and threaten to invade the privacy of all Americans. Complying with the bevvy of new immigration-related pronouncements out of the Trump White House can seem an impossible task. Instructions are either contradictory, legally incorrect or […]