ICE Arrests 680 Immigrant Workers in Mississippi
Deborah Weinstein,
August 9, 2019
With no advance warning to schools or social service agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents launched raids on 7 food processing plants in Mississippi on August 7, arresting 680 workers. Advocates, service providers, and lawyers in Mississippi and others from outside the state are joining in the effort to help the families affected. This is a traumatic experience for entire communities, with long-term consequences for children.
Enough is Enough
Deborah Weinstein,
August 7, 2019
People of conscience have a choice. We can go numb, or we can demand action. Numbness was overtaking us as the news of El Paso, then Dayton, then Chicago flooded the media. The needless deaths, lives cut short in split-seconds. The heroic mother and father. Hate assaulting the innocent. But how can we let this wash over us and not try – once more – to do something that could save lives? We must be undeterred. Mr. President, inciting white supremacist, anti-immigrant impulses has led to people’s deaths. In their memories, let us take this single-minded step together to enact background check legislation. Please call your Senators. And let that be the first of many steps away from hate and violence.
The color of money
Sarah Morrison,
August 7, 2019
“The problem with democracy, is that it has not yet been tried.” This was the W.E.B. Du Bois quote that Mehrsa Baradaran employed to end her presentation at a recent Economic Policy Institute event, The Color of Money with Mehrsa Baradaran. She followed up, grinning triumphantly and sharing her sentiment that maybe it’s about time to give real democracy a try. Her most recent book, The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap is, in short, stunning.
Patricia Okoumou: Immigrant Warrior
James Abro,
August 6, 2019
James Abro was introduced to Patricia Okoumou at Middle College Church in Manhattan on July 7. He is a member of the church’s social and economic justice committees. She was there with a film crew to screen a documentary they are working on about Okoumou and her work. Ms. Okoumou is famously known as the woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2018, protesting the Trump Administration’s immigration policy and inhumane detention practices.
CHN Report: President Trump Attacks Baltimore, and is Trying Hard to Make Things Worse
CHN Staff,
August 5, 2019
Residents of the city of Baltimore have now endured days of racist tweets from President Trump attacking their popular congressman, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and their city, which Trump called a “rodent-infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.” CHN this week released an analysis detailing just what effect the Trump Administration is having (or will have, if it has its way) on Baltimore as well as other urban areas in the U.S. We examined a number of areas: housing, wages, nutrition assistance, education, health care, infrastructure, and consumer protections across a number of areas, including racial discrimination in housing, the home mortgage market, predatory and discriminatory lending, and fraudulent student loan practices.
