The State of the Union in Perspective: Trump’s America and Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms
Deborah Weinstein,
January 30, 2018
In 1941, Franklin Roosevelt addressed the nation to bring us together in support of a strong American presence in the world. Defeating the Axis forces in concert with our allies was essential to ensure that people all over the world could enjoy four freedoms: freedom of speech and of religion,...
How to respond to President Trump’s State of the Union
David Elliot,
January 30, 2018
Tonight President Trump will deliver the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. We will be listening – both to the things he says and for the things he doesn’t say. To help you respond to the President’s speech, we are sharing with you some tools...
The President’s cynical immigration plan is anti-family and anti-community
CHN,
January 26, 2018
Editor’s note: CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein issued the following statement Friday in response to President Trump’s immigration proposal: “President Trump’s reported plan in response to his own denial of legal status for the Dreamers is cynical, holding them hostage to extreme restrictions in immigration that must be rejected. “The...
Another blow to the Census
Leo Nguyen,
January 26, 2018
A dress rehearsal of the 2020 Census – officially known as the End-to-End Census Test — is scheduled to take place this spring in Providence County, Rhode Island. But in another blow to the count, a change from the 2010 Census that was recommended to increase the accuracy of the...
Missing.
David Elliot,
January 23, 2018
Imagine you live in a rural county. Imagine your neighbors – and perhaps you, even – voted for a candidate for public office who ran on a platform of deporting those suspected of being in your county illegally. Imagine that candidate was elected. Imagine, further, that after that candidate was...
