Immigrants on ICE: Obama Plan Still Leaves Many Worried
Leave your thoughtsOn the evening of November 20, some 200 immigrants and advocates gathered in SEIU Local 32BJ’s Chelsea headquarters to watch…
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Young activists push Obama on police reform
Leave your thoughtsIn an oval office meeting that some have called “historic,” a group of young activists met with President Obama to…
Police demonstrations inspire new protest songs
Leave your thoughtsStop. Hey, what’s that sound? Protest songs are taking their place alongside chants of “I can’t breathe” and “Hands up,…
BUSHWICKS DISPOSSESSED LATINO COMMUNITY
Leave your thoughtsIt seems fitting that a teenage political activist in Ecuador would one day work with a social justice organization in…
We See You: Why Catching Cops On Film Makes A Difference
Leave your thoughtsThis August, as protests in Ferguson, Missouri, were in full-force after the shooting death of Michael Brown, a chance encounter…
La lucha continúa
Leave your thoughtsHace dos semanas, el Presidente Obama tomó una acción histórica para beneficiar a comunidades latinas e inmigrantes tras mantener nuestras…
Thousands from all over city protest Eric Garner case
Leave your thoughtsFlanked by the city courts, Foley Square in Downtown Manhattan was flooded with thousands of people protesting the grand jury…
Mayor-allied ed advocates push for detail on community schools
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of education advocacy groups is calling for a better-defined policy from the city Department of Education on its…
Alza de renta amenaza a 355,000 viviendas protegidas en Queens
Leave your thoughtsResidentes piden que se aprueben leyes de control de alquileres más fuertes para proteger a inquilinos de bajos ingresos. Pagar…
Coalition calls for inclusion of DREAM Act in Gov. Cuomo’s upcoming budget proposal
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of 15 groups is urging Gov. Cuomo to include creation of a state DREAM Act in his upcoming…