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Fifty-seven years ago today, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Today we find our democracy regressed in a moment eerily similar to that turning point in 1965.

Last week, Congress announced a revised agreement to address climate, health and inflation. Kyrsten Sinema may be a wild card on whether it passes.

A decade after the establishment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), local organizations gathered to celebrate and demand change.

A decade after the establishment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), local organizations gathered to celebrate and demand change.

A decade after the establishment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), local organizations gathered to celebrate and demand change.

Its Hunger Action Week, and activists are asking lawmakers to use Californias wealth for the peoples health - and harness the budget surplus to battle food insecurity. Advocates hope to phone and zoom with all 120 members of the State Assembly and Senate. Their top priority is the Food 4 All bill (SB 464), which would extend CalFresh food assistance to undocumented people of all ages. ...

A food pantry serving immigrant families in the Triangle is bracing for an uptick in demand driven by the highest levels of inflation in decades. Pastor and Executive Director Edgar Vergara of Iglesia la Semilla said its "Alacena Comunitaria" or community food pantry is purchasing new refrigerators and freezers, and expanding shelving space to store more culturally appropriate foods for Latino households in need. Vergara explained many immigrant families are unable to find ...

The monitoring device comes as legislation to deliver on some of Biden's climate pledges has stalled in the evenly split Senate. By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams A coalition of advocacy organizations demanding bold steps by the U.S. government to combat the climate emergency launched an onl

A depression in volunteer energy in four swing states is a direct result of Democratic inaction on Biden’s campaign promises, organizers say.

Everything about this law is thoroughly anti-democratic and designed to silence Black and brown people as the number of Floridians of color who are eligible to vote increases.