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While everyone’s watching Trump’s Tweets he’s gathering information on every voter in the country
By Victor Landea, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) Let me see if I can pry your attention away from Trump’s off-the-rails Tweets, because this is important. A Washington Post headline warns: Trump’s […]
Trump Ditches His Promise to ‘Terminate’ DACA
*It was the right thing to do. VL By Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic (3 minute read) Donald Trump will keep the Obama-era program in place that shielded millions of […]
Eugenics in the Trump Era
*To understand eugenics is to understand some of the motivation in the Trump White House. It cloaks raw bigotry in scientific terms and fills public discussions with dog-whistle racism. Please, […]
Anxiety Grips California Students Amid Immigration Crackdown
*Why you should read this: Because the anxiety is real and not just in California. VL By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, New America Media (6.5 minute read) Each time 17-year-old Stephanie gets a […]
The Trump immigration farce
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1.5 minute read) Jeff Sessions is taking a tour of the U.S-Mexico border. He’s doubling-down on an immigration message that, when you scratch beneath the surface, […]
Right-Wing Media’s New Favorite Immigration Statistic Reflects Misguided Policy
*Why you should read this: Because it re-frames the tired right-wing narrative about immigrants. Because in this case there’s a fuzzy line between what Trump says and what he does. […]
Latino Leadership in the Trump Era
*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s Anti-Latino rhetoric is an opportunity for visibility and transformation. Because the transformation must start at the local level. Because the potential for leadership […]
Real news – Immigration hard line could: cause $8 milk, affect your health, change voting registration
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3.5 minute read) I read three stories today that show why we need to keep talking about immigration, even though some of us may be getting […]
Trump’s Wall: How Much Money Does the Government Have For It Now?
$20 million. That’s enough to cover the cost of seven miles of wall. By T. Christian Miller, ProPublica (3.5 minute read) During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall […]
Does the “New Trump Era” have human selective breeding at its core? It’s not as crazy as it sounds.
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) eff Sessions was at the U.S.-Mexico border yesterday. The Attorney General was in Nogales, Arizona, speaking to a group of Customs and […]