A Note of Holiday Cheer (Amidst General Awfulness)

A Note of Holiday Cheer (Amidst General Awfulness)

The relentless pace of events continues. In just this past week: 1) Trump commented on the murders of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, 2) the DOJ failed to comply with the congressional order to release all of the Epstein files, 3) the Department of Energy suspended all...
Cycles of Belonging: A Migrant Story for Our Time

Cycles of Belonging: A Migrant Story for Our Time

Hearing my friend, an elementary school teacher, say she had to undergo training on what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) showed up at her school did it for me. After that conversation, I couldn’t sleep for days. What the Moment Revealed It wasn’t...
The Supreme Court Stands on its Head

The Supreme Court Stands on its Head

In Trump v. United States (2024), decided 6–3 on July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that a former president enjoys (1) absolute immunity for actions within his “conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,” (2) presumptive immunity for other “official acts,”...
Heroes Without Headlines

Heroes Without Headlines

They arrive quietly, often unseen by the cameras that prefer the spectacle of the border or the flash of a crime scene. Yet the pulse of immigrant America beats in laboratories, kitchens, hospitals, and disaster zones across the country. It moves through the hands of...
The Democratic Cave-In

The Democratic Cave-In

Yesterday we transitioned from last Tuesday night’s exhilaration in the wake of Democratic electoral victories to the dispiriting reality of the national Democratic party’s craven caving in the matter of the government shutdown. The shutdown was ended with a “deal”...